Table of Contents
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Liblouisxml User's and Programmer's Manual
1 Introduction
2 Transcribing Documents
  2.1 Transcribing XML files with xml2brl
  2.2 Transcribing Text Documents
  2.3 Transcribing Poorly Formatted Documents
  2.4 Transcribing html Documents
  2.5 Transcribing Microsoft Word files with msword2brl
  2.6 Transcribing RTF files with rtf2brl
  2.7 Transcribing PDF files with pdf2brl
3 Customization: Configuring liblouisxml
  3.1 outputFormat
  3.2 translation
  3.3 xml
  3.4 style
    3.4.1 style document
    3.4.2 style contentsheader
    3.4.3 style contents1
    3.4.4 style contents2
    3.4.5 style contents3
    3.4.6 style contents4
    3.4.7 style heading1
    3.4.8 style heading2
    3.4.9 style heading3
    3.4.10 style heading4
    3.4.11 style para
4 Connecting with the xml Document - Semantic-Action Files
  4.1 Overview
  4.2 Semantic Actions in detail
  4.3 Pseudo-actions
    4.3.1 include
    4.3.2 newentries
    4.3.3 namespaces
  4.4 Using XPath Expressions
5 Special Features
  5.1 Table of contents
  5.2 Back-translation
  5.3 Reformatting
  5.4 Interlining
  5.5 Browser-Friendly Output
  5.6 `CDATA' Sections
6 Special Formats
  6.1 Tables
  6.2 Reserving Space for Graphics
  6.3 Displayed Text
  6.4 Displayed Mathematics
  6.5 Spatial Layouts in Mathematics
  6.6 Arithmetic Examples
  6.7 Poetry
  6.8 Dividing a Book Into Volumes
7 Implementing Braille Mathematics Codes
8 Programming with liblouisxml
  8.1 License
  8.2 Overview
  8.3 Files and Paths
  8.4 lbx_version
  8.5 lbx_initialize
  8.6 lbx_translateString
  8.7 lbx_translateFile
  8.8 lbx_translateTextFile
  8.9 lbx_backTranslateFile
  8.10 lbx_free
Appendix A Example files
  A.1 `canonical.cfg'
  A.2 `default.cfg'
  A.3 `html.sem'
  A.4 `nemeth.sem'
  A.5 Files for BAUK Maths (ukmaths)
    A.5.1 `ukmaths.cfg'
    A.5.2 `ukmaths.sem'
    A.5.3 `ukmaths.ctb'
    A.5.4 `ukmaths_edit.ctb'
Configuration Settings Index
Semantic Action Index
Function Index
Program Index


Liblouisxml User's and Programmer's Manual
******************************************

This manual is for liblouisxml (version 2.4.0, 11 May 2011), an xml to
Braille Translation Library.

   This file may contain code borrowed from the Linux screenreader
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1 Introduction
**************

liblouisxml is a software component which can be incorporated into
software packages to provide the capability of translating any file in
the computer lingua franca xml format or plain text into properly
transcribed braille. This includes translation into grade two, if
desired, mathematical codes, etc. It also includes formatting according
to a style sheet which can be modified by the user. The first program
into which liblouisxml has been incorporated is `xml2brl'. This program
will translate an xml or text file into an embosser-ready braille file.
It is not necessary to know xml, because MSWord and other word
processors can export files in this format. If the word processor has
been used correctly `xml2brl' will produce an excellent braille file.

   There is a Mac GUI application incorporating liblouisxml called
`louis'. For a link to it go to `www.abilitiessoft.com/downloads'. You
can also obtain a Windows binary on this page. At present it is
command-line. We hope to have a GUI soon.

   Users who want to generate Braille using `xml2brl' will be
interested in *note Transcribing XML files with xml2brl::. Those who
wish to change the output generated by liblouisxml should read *note
Customization Configuring liblouisxml::. If you encounter a type of xml
file with which liblouisxml is not familiar you can learn how to tell
it how to process that file by reading *note Connecting with the xml
Document::. If you wish to implement a new braille mathematics code
read *note Implementing Braille Mathematics Codes::. Finally, computer
programmers who wish to use liblouisxml in their software can find the
information they need in *note Programming with liblouisxml::.

   You will also find it advantageous to be acquainted with the
companion library liblouis, which is a braille translator and
back-translator (*note Overview: (liblouis)Top.).

2 Transcribing Documents
************************

2.1 Transcribing XML files with xml2brl
=======================================

At the moment, actual transcription with liblouisxml is done with the
command-line (or console) program `xml2brl'. The line to type is:

     xml2brl [OPTIONS] [-f config-file] [infile] [outfile]

   The brackets indicate that something is optional. You will see that
nothing is required except the program name itself, `xml2brl'.  The
various optional parts control how the program will behave, as follows:

`-h'
`--help'
     This option causes `xml2brl' to print a help message describing
     usage and exit.

`-v'
`--version'
     This option causes `xml2brl' to display the version information
     and exit.

`-l'
`--log-file'
     This option will cause `xml2brl' and liblouisxml to print error
     messages to `xml2brl.log' instead of stderr. The file will be in
     the current directory. This option is particularly useful if
     `xml2brl' is called by a GUI script or Web application.

`-f configfile'
`--config-file configfile'
     This specifies the configuration file which tells `xml2brl' how to
     do the transcription. (It may be a list of file names separated by
     commas.) This file specifies such things as the number of cells per
     line, the number of lines per page, The translation tables to be
     used, how paragraphs and headings are to be formatted, etc. If
     this part of the command line is omitted, `xml2brl' assumes that
     the configuration file is named `default.cfg'. If the configuration
     file name contains a pathname `xml2brl' will consider this as a
     path on which to look for files that it needs (*note Files and
     Paths::). If no pathname is given the standard paths are searched
     and finally the current directory. To make `xml2brl' search the
     current directory first, precede the file name with `./'.

`-Csetting=value'
`--config-setting setting=value'
     This option enables you to specify configuration settings on the
     command line instead of changing the configuration file. You can
     use as many `-C' options as you wish. Any settings can be specified
     except those having to do with styles. *Note Configuration
     Settings Index::, for a list of available settings. These must be
     specified in configuration files. The settings may be in any
     order. They override any settings in `canonical.cfg' or in the
     configuration file used by `xml2brl'.

`-b'
`--backward'
     back-translate. The input file must be a braille file, such as
     `.brf'. The output file is a back-translation of this file. It may
     be in either plain-text or xhtml (html), according to the setting
     of `backFormat' in the `outputFormat' section of the configuration
     file. Html files will contain page numbers and emphasis.  To get
     good html, the liblouis table must have the entry `space \e 1b' so
     that it will pass through escape characters. The `html.sem' file
     must also contain the line `pagenum pagenum'. Text output files
     simply have a blank line between paragraphs. Encoding of text
     files is controlled by the `outputEncoding' setting. Html files
     are always in UTF-8.

`-r'
`--reformat'
     Reformat. The input file must be a braille file, such as `.brf'.
     The output is a braille file formatted according to the
     configuration file. It is advisable to set backFormat to html,
     since this will preserve print page numbers and emphasis. This
     option can be useful for changing the line length and page length
     of a braille file, for example, from 40 to 32 cells. It is also an
     excellent way to check the accuracy of liblouis tables. The
     original page numbers at the tops and bottoms of pages are
     discarded, and new ones are generated.

`-p'
`--poorly-formatted'
     Poorly formatted input translation. Infile is any text file such
     as may have been obtained by extracting the text in a pdf file.
     The input file may also be an xml or html file which is so poorly
     formatted that better braille can be obtained by ignoring the
     formatting.  `xml2brl' tries to guess paragraph breaks. The output
     is generally reasonably formatted, that is, with reasonable
     paragraph breaks.

`-t'
`--html'
     The document is an h(t)ml file, not xhtml. This option is useful
     with files downloaded from the Web in source form. Without it, the
     program will first try to parse the file as an xml document,
     producing lots of error messages. It will then try the html
     parser. With this option, it goes directly to the html parser. See
     also the `formatFor' configuration (*note formatFor setting::)
     file setting, which enables you to format the braille output for
     viewing in a browser.

`infile'
     This is the name of the input file containing the material to be
     transcribed. The file may be either an xml file or a text file. The
     `-b', `-r' and `-p' options discussed above provide for other
     types of files and processing. Typical xml files are those
     provided by `www.bookshare.org' or those derived from a word
     processor by saving in xml format. If a text file is used
     paragraphs and headings should be separated by blank lines. In
     such a file there is no way to distinguish between paragraphs and
     headings, so they will all be formatted as paragraphs, as
     specified by the configuration file. However, if you want a blank
     line in the braille transcription use two consecutive blank lines
     in the text file.

`outfile'
     This is the name of the output file. It will be transcribed as
     specified by the configuration file and the `-C' configuration
     settings.  The following paragraphs provide more information on
     both the input and output files.


   `xml2brl' is set up so that it can be used in a "pipe". To do this,
omit both infile and outfile. Input is then taken from the standard
input unit.

   The first file name encountered (a word not preceded by a minus sign)
is taken to be the input file and the second to be the output file. If
you wish input to be taken from stdin and still want to specify an
output file, use one minus sign (`-') for the input file.

   If only the program name is typed `xml2brl' assumes that the
configuration file is `default.cfg', input is from the standard input
unit, and output is to the standard output unit.

2.2 Transcribing Text Documents
===============================

See the previous section on using `xml2brl'. This program recognizes
text files automatically and transcribes them according to the
information in the configuration files. Paragraphs must be separated
with a blank line. If you want a blank line in the output use two blank
lines.

2.3 Transcribing Poorly Formatted Documents
===========================================

     xml2brl -p infile outfile

   Some text documents, such as those derived from pdf files, and even
some xml and html documents, are so poorly formatted that you can get
better braille by ignoring whatever markup they contain. The `-p'
option of `xml2brl' does this. It ignores xml or html markup and uses
heuristics to find the beginning of paragraphs.  Its choices are
usually good. Note that it does not work with rtf files. However, if
`rtf2xml' (*note Transcribing RTF files with rtf2brl::) will convert
the file, it will work with the resulting xml file.

2.4 Transcribing html Documents
===============================

     xml2brl -t infile outfile

   The `-t' option prevents `xml2blr' from trying to transcribe infile
as an xml document. This will produce a lot of error messages.
`xml2brl' will then try the html parser. Note that xhtml documents are
actually xml.

2.5 Transcribing Microsoft Word files with msword2brl
=====================================================

     msword2brl infile outfile

   Infile must be a Microsoft Word file. The script first calls the
`antiword' program, so you must have this installed on your machine.
`antiword' is called with `-x db', which causes the output to be in
docbook format. This is piped to `xml2brl'. The output file from
`xml2brl' contains much of the formatting, including emphasis, of the
word file.

2.6 Transcribing RTF files with rtf2brl
=======================================

     rtf2brl infile outfile

   Infile must be a rich-text (rtf) file, such as Bookshare provides for
proofreading. The script first calls `rtf2xml', so you must have this
program installed on your machine. You can find it on the downloads
page of `www.abilitiessoft.com'. It was copied from its SourceForge
project. Since it is a Python program, it can be rather slow. Its output
is piped to `xml2brl'. The output of `rtf2xml' is xml with the root
element `doc'. The file `doc.sem' is fairly complete, so the output of
`xml2brl' contains much of the formatting, including emphasis, of the
original rtf file.

2.7 Transcribing PDF files with pdf2brl
=======================================

     pdf2brl infile outfile

   Infile must be a PDF (Portable Document Format) file. The script
first calls the `pdftotext' program, so you must have this installed on
your machine. It is part of xpdf and most likely already installed if
you're on a modern Linux distribution. Otherwise, you can get it from
either `http://poppler.freedesktop.org' or
`http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html'. `pdftotext' is called with
the `-raw' and `-' options, which cause it to place its output on
stdout. This is piped to `xml2brl', which is called with the `-p'
option, since output from `pdftotext' is likely to be poorly formatted.
The output file from `xml2brl' is mostly in sensible paragraphs.

3 Customization: Configuring liblouisxml
****************************************

The operation of liblouisxml is controlled by two types of files:
semantic-action files and configuration files. The former are discussed
in the section Connecting with the xml Document - Semantic-action Files
(*note Connecting with the xml Document - Semantic-Action Files:
Connecting with the xml Document.). The latter are discussed in this
section. A third type of file, braille translation tables, is discussed
in the liblouis documentation (*note Overview: (liblouis)Top.).
Another section of the present document which may be of interest is
Implementing Braille Mathematical Codes (*note Implementing Braille
Mathematics Codes::).

   Besides files, liblouisxml can also be controlled by configuration
strings, which are character strings in memory containing configuration
settings separated by end-of-line characters. Such strings can be
generated by the `-C' option on the `xml2brl' command line, by the
`configstring' and `configtweak' semantic actions, or by passing a
string to the `lbx_initialize' function.

   The information below applies to `xml2brl' as much as to liblouisxml.

   Before discussing configuration files in detail it is worth noting
that the application program has access to the information in the
configuration files by calling the liblouisxml function
`lbx_initialize'. This function returns a pointer to a data structure
containing the configuration information. The calling program must
include the header file `louisxml.h'. You do not need to call
`lbx_initialize' unless you need the facilities which it provides.

   A configuration file specification may contain more than one file
name, separated by commas. liblouisxml will process these files in
sequence.  The first file name may also contain a path. liblouisxml
will search for the files it needs first on this path. To make it
search first the current directory precede the first file name with
`./'. After the path, if any, has been evaluated, but before reading
any of the files, liblouisxml reads in a file called `canonical.cfg'.
This file specifies values for all possible settings. It is needed to
complete the initialization of the program. You may alter the values in
the distribution `canonical.cfg', but you should not delete any
settings. Do not specify `canonical.cfg' as your configuration file.
This will lead to error messages and program termination. If a
configuration file read in later contains a particular setting name, the
value specified simply replaces the one specified in `canonical.cfg'.

   As you will see by looking at `canonical.cfg', it contains four main
sections, `outputFormat', `translation', `xml' and `style'. In
addition, a configuration file can contain an include entry. This
causes the file named on that line to be read in at the point where the
line occurs. The sections need not follow each other in any particular
order, nor is the order of settings within each section important. The
section names, except for `style' are optional. In this document and in
the `canonical.cfg' file, where section and setting names consist of
more than one word, the first letter of each word following the initial
one is capitalized. This is merely for readability. The case of the
letters in these names is ignored by the program. Section and setting
names may not contain spaces.

   Here, then, is an explanation of each section and setting in the
`canonical.cfg' file. When you look at this file you will see that the
section names start at the left margin, while the settings are indented
one tab stop. This is done for readability. it has no effect on the
meaning of the lines. You will also see lines beginning with a number
sign (`#'), which are comments. Blank lines can also be used anywhere
in a configuration file. In general, a section name is a single word or
combination of unspaced words. However, each style has a section of its
own, so the word `style' is followed by a space then by the name of the
style. Setting lines begin with the name of the setting, followed by at
least one space or tab, followed by the value of the setting. A few
settings have two values.

3.1 outputFormat
================

This section specifies the format of the output file (or string).

`cellsPerLine 40'
     The number of cells in a braille line.

`linesPerPage 25'
     The number of lines on a braille page

`interpoint no'
     Whether or not the output will be used to produce interpoint
     braille.  This affects the placement of page numbers and may
     affect other things in the future. The only two values recognized
     are `yes' and `no'.

`lineEnd \r\n'
     This specifies the control characters to be placed at the end of
     each output line. These characters vary from one intended use of
     the output to another. Most embossers require the carriage-return
     and line-feed combination specified above. However, a braille
     display may work best with just one or the other. Any valid
     control characters can be specified.

`pageEnd \f'
     The control Character to be given at the end of a page. Here it is
     a forms-feed character, but it can be something else if deeded.

`fileEnd ^z'
     The control character to be placed at the end of the file, here a
     control-z.

`printPages yes'
     Whether or not to show print page numbers if they are given in the
     xml input. The two valid values are `yes' and `no'.

`braillePages yes'
     Whether or not to format the output into pages. Here the value is
     `yes', for use with an embosser. However the user of a braille
     display may wish to specify `no', so as not to be bothered with
     page numbers and forms feed characters. If no is specified the
     lines will still be of the length given in `cellsPerLine', but the
     value of `linesPerPage' will be ignored.

`paragraphs yes'
     Whether or not to format the output into paragraphs, using
     appropriate styles. If `no' is specified, what would be a
     paragraph is output simply as one long line. Applications that
     wish to do their own formatting may specify `no'.

`beginningPageNumber 1'
     This is the number to be placed on the first Braille page if
     `braillePages' is yes. This is useful when producing multiple
     Braille volumes.

`printPageNumberAt top'
     If print page numbers are given in the xml input file they will be
     placed at the top of each braille page in the right-hand corner. If
     `pageSeparator' is set to `yes', a page separator line will also
     be produced on the Braille page where the print page break
     actually occurs. You may also specify `bottom' for this setting.

`braillePageNumberAt bottom'
     The braille page number will be placed in the bottom right-hand
     corner of each page. If `interpoint yes' has been specified only
     odd pages will receive page numbers. You may also specify `top'
     for this setting. If print page numbers and Braille page numbers
     are both placed at the top or bottom, they are rendered next to
     each other with a space in between.

`continuePages yes'
     Print page numbers can be prefixed with a letter (a, b, c, etc.) on
     continued pages. The two valid values are `yes' and `no'.

`pageSeparator yes'
     A page separator line (or page break indicator), a line of unspaced
     Braille dots 36, will be placed wherever a print page break
     occurs. No page separator lines are placed on the first or last
     line of a Braille page, and no page separator lines are shown when
     the new print page coincides with a new Braille page.

`pageSeparatorNumber yes'
     Show a page number at the far right margin of a page separator
     line. No space is left between the separator line and the first
     symbol of the page number.

`ignoreEmptyPages yes'
     An empty page occurs when a `pagenum' tag is immediately followed
     by another `pagenum' tag. By default, empty pages are completely
     ignored. If you specify `no' for this setting, a sequence of
     `pagenum' tags will lead to a _combined_ print page number: the
     number of the first empty page is combined with that of the page on
     which text reappears, e.g. 5-7. If lettered continuation pages are
     required (see `continuePages'), they carry only the number of the
     page on which text reappears.

`printPageNumberRange no'
     By default, only the page number of the _first_ print page on a
     Braille page is shown at the top or bottom. However, if
     `printPageNumberRange' is set to `yes', the _range_ of print pages
     contained in the current Braille page is displayed. If the first
     page in this range is a continued print page, it is prefixed with
     a letter as usual (see `continuePages').

`mergeUnnumberedPages yes'
     Page breaks without a page number can simply be ignored. This
     means that unnumbered print pages will be treated as if they were
     a part of the preceding page. You can also specify `no' for this
     setting.

`pageNumberTopSeparateLine yes'
     Whether or not to provide a separate line for page numbers when
     they are placed at the top of a Braille page. The two valid values
     are `yes' and `no'. A print page number range (see
     `printPageNumberRange') at the top of a page is always displayed
     on a separate line.

`pageNumberBottomSeparateLine yes'
     Whether or not to provide a separate line for page numbers when
     they are placed at the bottom of a Braille page.

`hyphenate no'
     If `yes' is specified words will be hyphenated at the ends of
     lines if a hyphenation table is available. In contracted English
     Braille hyphenation is not generally used, but it can save
     considerable space. The hyphenation table is specified as part of
     the table list in the `literaryTextTable' setting of the
     translation section.

`outputEncoding ascii8'
     This specifies that the output is to be in the form of 8-bit ASCII
     characters. This is generally used if the output is intended
     directly for a braille embosser or display. The other values of
     encoding are `UTF8', `UTF16' and `UTF32'. These are useful if the
     application will process the output further, such as for generating
     displays of braille dots on a screen.

`inputTextEncoding ascii8'
     This setting is used to specify the encoding of an input text file.
     The valid values are `UTF8' and `ascii8'.

`formatFor textDevice'
     This setting specifies the type of device the output is intended
     for.  `textDevice' is any device that accepts plain text, including
     embossers. You can also specify `browser'. In this case the output
     will be formatted for viewing in a browser. If the input file
     contains links, they will be preserved and can be used in the
     normal way. The text will be translated into braille with the
     correct line length. Math and computer material will be translated
     appropriately.  These files work well in lynx and Internet
     Explorer, not so well in elinks and Firefox (Before Jaws 10).

`backFormat plain'
     This setting specifies the format of back-translated files.
     `Plain' specifies plain-text, while `html' specifies xhtml.  The
     latter is always encoded in UTF-8. Plain-text files can be encoded
     in ascii8, UTF-8 or UTF-16. Html is strongly recommended, since it
     will preserve print page numbering and emphasis.

`backLineLength 70'
     This setting specifies the length of lines in back-translated
     files, whether in plain-text or html. This is mainly for human
     readability.  Lines may sometimes be somewhat longer.

`interline no'
     This setting specifies whether interlining is desired. If it is
     set to `yes', the first line in the output will be a braille
     translation, the next line will be its back-translation according
     to the interlineBackTable. Back-translation is used instead of
     simply presenting the print original because a braille line may
     contain additional information, such as leading blanks, print or
     braille page numbers, print page separator lines, etc.

`lineFill ''
     This setting defines the fill character that will be used before
     the page numbers in the table of contents for example. The default
     fill character is an apostrophe (dot 3).


3.2 translation
===============

This section specifies the liblouis translation tables to be used for
various purposes.

`literaryTextTable en-us-g2.ctb'
     The table used for producing literary braille. This may be either
     contracted or uncontracted.

`uncontractedTable en-us-g1.ctb'
     The table used for producing uncontracted or Grade One braille.
     This setting appears to be superfluous and may be eliminated in
     the future.

`compbrailleTable en-us-compbrl.ctb'
     The table used for producing large amounts of output in computer
     braille, such as computer programs. The computer braille table is
     usually combined with one of the two tables above.

`mathtextTable en-us-mathtext.ctb'
     This table specifies how the non-mathematical parts of math books
     are to be translated. In many cases it will be the same as
     literaryTextTable or uncontractedTable. For books translated with
     the Nemeth Code it is different, because this code requires
     modification of standard Grade Two.

`MathexpTable nemeth.ctb'
     This is the table used to translate mathematical expressions.

`editTable nemeth_edit.ctb'
     When the output includes both mathematics and text there may be
     errors where one type of translation directly follows another. The
     editTable removes these errors.

`interlineBackTable en-us-interline.ctb'
     This setting specifies the table to be used for back-translation
     when interlining is turned on. It must be tailored for this
     purpose, since an ordinary forward-translation table may contain
     entries that do not handle the additional information in braille
     lines correctly.


3.3 xml
=======

This section provides various information for the processing of xml
files.

`semanticFiles *,nemeth.sem'
     This setting gives a list of semantic-action files. These files are
     read in the sequence given in the list. Here the first member of
     the list is an asterisk (`*'). This means that the corresponding
     file is to be named by taking the root element of the document and
     appending `.sem'. This asterisk member may occur anywhere in the
     list.

`xmlheader <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF8' standalone='yes'?>'
     This line gives the xml header to be added to strings produced by
     programs like `Mathtype' that lack one.

`entity nbsp ^1'
     This line defines an entity or substitution in an xml file. It is
     one of those that has two values. The first is the thing to be
     replaced, and the second is the replacement. As many entity lines
     as necessary can be used. The information they contain is added to
     the information provided by xmlHeader. In `canonical.cfg' this
     line is commented out, because specifying it at this point would
     prevent the user from specifying his own xmlheader.

`internetAccess yes'
     The computer has an internet connection and liblouisxml may obtain
     information necessary for the processing of this file from the
     Internet. If this setting is `no' liblouisxml will not try to use
     the internet. The necessary information may, however, be provided
     on the local machine in the form of a "dtd" file.

`newEntries yes'
     liblouisxml may create a new semantic-action file (beginning with
     `new_') for a document with an unknown root element or a file
     (beginning with `appended_') containing new entries for an
     existing semantic-action file. Both kinds of files are placed on
     the current directory. If this setting is `no' liblouisxml will not
     create a file of new entries and if it encounters a document with
     an unknown root element it will issue an error message. Setting
     newEntries to `no' may be useful if users should not be bothered
     with the minutiae of semantic-action files.


3.4 style
=========

The following sections all deal with styles. Each style has its own
section. Style section names are unlike other section names in that they
consist of the word style, followed by a space, followed by a style
name. With some exceptions, styles are not hard-coded. The user may
define any style desired, with any name except `document', `para',
`heading1', `heading2', `heading3', `heading4', `contentsheader',
`contents1', `contents2', `contents3' and `contents4'. The first two
are needed for basic formatting. The others are needed for the table of
contents tool. The user must define settings for these styles as for any
others. This is done in `canonical.cfg', which also contains
definitions and settings for many other styles. The user can add styles
at any time in her/his own configuration files.

   Styles can be nested. That is, a document may contain a section of
one style, and inside this may be a section of another style. For
example, you might have styles named frontMatter, titlePage, dedication,
contents, and so on. Your document might contain a section of style
frontMatter. Inside this section might be subsections of styles
titlePage, dedication, contents, and so on. Inside the titlePage section
there might be other sections with styles heading1, para, centered, etc.

   Your frontMatter style might also define the "persistent" style
setting `braillePageNumberFormat roman'. This setting will apply to all
the styles nested within frontMatter, unless they have a setting other
than `normal', which is the default and means ordinary braille page
numbers. However, the titlePage style might have the setting
`braillePageNumberFormat blank'. This will apply to all styles nested
within it. When the titlePage section ends, the frontMatter setting
`roman' will be restored. The `braiblePageNumberFormat' setting is an
example of a "persistent" style setting. Most settings apply only to
the style for which they are declared.

   Below are the settings for the predefined style names. The
`document' style contains all possible settings. The others contain
only settings that are different from the defaults.

3.4.1 style document
--------------------

This is a predefined style name. All settings have their default values.
The user must specify any other values. If a "persistent" style setting
is specified, it will apply to the whole ducument.

`linesBefore 0'
     This setting gives the number of blank lines which should be left
     before the text to which this style applies. It is set to a
     non-zero value for some header styles.

`linesAfter 0'
     The number of blank lines which should be left after the text to
     which this style applies.

`leftMargin 0'
     The number of cells by which the left margin of all lines in the
     text should be indented. Used for hanging indents, among other
     things.

`firstLineIndent 0'
     The number of cells by which the first line is to be indented
     relative to leftMargin. firstLineIndent may be negative. If the
     result is less than 0 it will be set to 0.

`translate contracted'
     This setting is currently inactive. It may be used in the future.
     This setting tells how text in this style should be translated.
     Possible values are `contracted', `uncontracted', `compbrl',
     `mathtext' and `mathexpr'.

`skipNumberLines no'
     If this setting is `yes' the top and bottom lines on the page will
     be skipped if they contain braille or print page numbers. This is
     useful in some of the mathematical and graphical styles.

`format leftJustified'
     The format setting controls how the text in the style will be
     formatted. Valid values are `leftJustified', `rightJustified',
     `centered', `computerCoded', `alignColumnsLeft',
     `alignColumnsRight', and `contents'. The first three are
     self-explanatory.  `computerCoded' is used for computer programs
     and similar material.  The next two are used for tabular material.
     `alignColumnsLeft' causes the left ends of columns to be aligned.
     `alignColumnsRight' causes the right ends of columns to be
     aligned. `contents' is used only in styles specifically intended
     for tables of contents.

`newPageBefore no'
     If this setting is `yes', the text will begin on a new page. This
     is useful for certain mathematical and graphical styles. Page
     numbers are handled properly.

`newPageAfter no'
     If this setting is `yes' any remaining space on the page after the
     material covered by this style is handled is left blank, except
     for page numbers.

`rightHandPage no'
     if this setting is `yes' and interpoint is yes the material
     covered by this style will start on a right-hand page. This may
     cause a left-hand page to be left blank except for page numbers. If
     interpoint is `no' this setting is equivalent to newPageBefore.

`braillePageNumberFormat normal'
     This setting specifies the format of braille page numbers. `normal'
     means ordinary Arabic numbers. `roman' means Roman numbers.  `p'
     means to precede Arabic numbers with the letter "p" (for
     preliminary). Finally, `blank' causes the page number to be blank
     (no page numbers). This is a "persistent" style setting.


3.4.2 style contentsheader
--------------------------

This style is used to specify where the table of contents should be
placed and its title. The xml tag assigned to it in the semantic action
file should be placed in the document where you want the table of
contents, and it should contain the title of that table between its
starting and ending markers.

`linesBefore 1'

`linesAfter 1'

`format centered'

3.4.3 style contents1
---------------------

This style and the other contents styles are used for the table of
contents and correspond to the four heading levels.
`firstLineIndent -2'

`leftMargin 2'

`format contents'

3.4.4 style contents2
---------------------

`firstLineIndent -2'

`leftMargin 4'

`format contents'

3.4.5 style contents3
---------------------

`firstLineIndent -2'

`leftMargin 6'

`format contents'

3.4.6 style contents4
---------------------

`firstLineIndent -2'

`leftMargin 8'

`format contents'

3.4.7 style heading1
--------------------

This style is used for main headings, such as chapter titles.

`linesBefore 1'

`center yes'

`linesAfter 1'

3.4.8 style heading2
--------------------

The first level of subheadings after the main heading.

`linesBefore 1'

`firstLineIndent 4'

3.4.9 style heading3
--------------------

The third level of headings.

`firstLineIndent 4'

3.4.10 style heading4
---------------------

The fourth and final level of headings.

`firstLineIndent 4'

3.4.11 style para
-----------------

Paragraph. This is ordinary body text.

`firstLineIndent 2'

4 Connecting with the xml Document - Semantic-Action Files
**********************************************************

4.1 Overview
============

When liblouisxml (or `xml2brl') processes an xml document, it needs to
be told how to use the information in that document to produce a
properly translated and formatted braille document. These instructions
are provided by a semantic-action file, so called because it explains
the meaning, or semantics, of the various specifications in the xml
document. To understand how this works, it is necessary to have a basic
knowledge of the organization of an xml document.

   An xml document is organized like a book, but with much finer detail.
First there is the title of the whole book. Then there are various
sections, such as author, copyright, table of contents, dedication,
acknowledgments, preface, various chapters, bibliography, index, and so
on. Each chapter may be divided into sections, and these in turn can be
divided into subsections, subsubsections, etc. In a book the parts have
names or titles distinguished by capitalization, type fonts, spacing,
and so forth. In an xml document the names of the parts are enclosed in
angle brackets (`<>'). For example, if liblouisxml encounters `<html>'
at the beginning of a document, it knows it is dealing with a document
that conforms to the standards of the extensible markup language
(xhtml) - at least we hope it does. When you see a book, you know it's
a book. The computer can know only by being told. Something enclosed in
angle brackets is called an "element" (more properly, a "tag") in xml
parlance. (There may be more between the angle brackets than just the
name of the element. More of this later). The first "element" in a
document thus tells liblouisxml what kind of document it is dealing
with. This element is called the "root element" because the document is
visualized as branching out from it like a tree. Some examples of root
elements are `<html>', `', `<book>', `<dtbook>' and
`<wordDocument>'. Whenever liblouisxml encounters a root element that
it doesn't know about it creates a new file called a semantic-action
file. The name of this file is formed by stripping the angle brackets
from the root element, putting `new_' in front of it and adding a
period plus the letters `sem'. For example, `new_myformat.sem'. If you
look in a directory containing semantic-action files you will see names
like `html.sem', `dtbook.sem', `math.sem', and so on. The "new"
semantic-action files must be edited by a person and the prefix "new"
removed to get an ordinary semantic-action file name.

   Sometimes it is advantageous to preempt the creation of a
semantic-action file for a new root element. For example, an article
written according to the docbook specification may have the root element
`<article>'. However, the specification itself has the root element
`<book>'. In this case you can specify the `book.sem' file in the
configuration file by writing, in the xml section,:

     semanticFiles book.sem

   You will note that this setting uses the plural of "file". This is
because you can actually specify a list of file names separated by
commas. You might want to do this to specify the semantic-action file
for the particular braille mathematical code to be used. For example:

     semanticFiles book.sem,ukmaths.sem

   You can use an asterisk `*' to specify the semantic-action file
corresponding to the root element of the document anywhere in the list.

   As you will see in the next section, different braille style
conventions and different braille mathematical codes may require
different semantic-action files

   liblouisxml records the names of all elements found in the document
in the semantic-action file. The document has a multitude of elements,
which can be thought of as describing the headings of various parts of
the document. One element is used to denote a chapter heading. Another
is used to denote a paragraph, Still another to denote text in bold
type, and so on. In other words, the elements take the place of the
capitalization, changes in type font, spacing, etc. in a book.
However, the computer still does not know what to do when it encounters
an element. The semantic-action file tells it that.

   Consider `html.sem'. A copy is included as part of this
documentation with the name `example_html.sem' (*note html.sem::). It
may differ from the file that liblouisxml is currently using. You will
see that it begins with some lines about copyrights. Each line begins
with a number sign (`#'). This indicates that it is a "comment",
intended for the human reader and the computer should ignore it. Then
there is a blank line. Finally, there are two other comments explaining
that the file must be edited to get proper output. This is because a
human being must tell the computer what to do with each element. The
semantic files for common types of documents have already been edited,
so you generally don't have to worry about this. But if you encounter a
new type of document or wish to specify special handling for styles or
mathematics you may have to edit the semantic-action file or send it to
the maintainer for editing. In any case the rest of this section is
essential for understanding how liblouisxml handles documents and for
making changes if the way it does so is not correct.

   After another blank line you will see a table consisting of two, and
sometimes three, columns. The first column contains a word which tells
the computer to do something. For example, the first entry in the table
is: `include nemeth.sem'. This tells liblouisxml to include the
information in the `nemeth.sem' file when it is deciphering an html
(actually xhtml) document (it may be preferable to use the
semanticFiles setting in the configuration file rather than an include).

   The second row of the table is:

     no hr

   `hr' is an element with the angle brackets removed. It means nothing
in itself. However, the first column contains the word `no'. This tells
liblouisxml "no do", that is, do nothing. This is not strictly true,
since liblouisxml will sometimes insert a blank space so that words in
text do not run together.

   After a few more lines with `no' in the first column, we see one
that says:

     softreturn br

   This means that when the element `
' is encountered, liblouisxml
is to do a soft return, that is, start a new line without starting a
new paragraph.

   The next line says:

     heading1 h1

   This tells liblouisxml that when it encounters the element `<h1>' it
is to format the text which follows as a first-level braille heading,
that is, the text will be centered and preceeded and followed by blank
lines. (You can change this by changing the definition of the heading1
style).

   The next line says:

     italicx em

   This tells liblouisxml that when it encounters the element `<em>' it
is to enclose the text which follows in braille italic indicators.  The
`x' at the end of the semantic action name is there to prevent
conflicts with names elsewhere in the software. Just where the italic
indicators will be placed is controlled by the liblouis translation
table in use.

   The next line says:

     skip style

   This tells liblouis to simply skip ahead until it encounters the
element `'. Nothing in between will have any effect on the
braille output. Note the slash (`/') before the `style'.  This means
the end of whatever the `' element was referring to. Actually,
it was referring to specifications of how things should be printed. If
liblouisxml had not been told to skip these specifications, the braille
output would have contained a lot of gobledygook.

   The next line says:

     italicx strong

   This tells liblouis to also use the italic braille indicators for the
text between the `<strong>' and `' elements.

   After a few more lines with `no' in the first column we come to the
line:

     document html

   This tells liblouisxml that everything between `<html>' and
`</html>' is an entire document. `<html>' was the root element of this
document, so this is logical.

   After another `no' line we come to:

     para p

   liblouisxml will consider everything between `<p>' and `
' to be
a normal body text paragraph.

   The next line is:

     heading1 title

   this causes the title of the document to also be treated as a braille
level 1 heading.

   Next we have the line:

     list li

   The xhtml `<li>' and `' pair of elements is used to enclose an
item in a list. liblouisxml will format this with its own list style.
That is, the first line will begin at the left margin and subsequent
lines will be indented two cells.

   Next we have:

     table table

   You will note that the names of actions and elements are often
identical. This is because they are both mnemonic. In any case, this
line tells liblouisxml to format the table contained in the xhtml
document according to the table formatting rules it has been given for
braille output.

   Next we have the line:

     heading2 h2

   This means that the text between `<h2>' and `
' is to be
formatted according to the Liblouisxml style heading2. A blank line
will be left before the heading and the first line will be indented
four spaces.

   After a few more lines we come to:

     no table,cellpadding

   Note the comma in the second column. This divides the column into two
subcolumns. The first is the table element name. The second is called
an "attribute" in xml. It gives further instructions about the material
enclosed between the starting and ending "tags" of the element
(`<table>' and `
'. Full information requires three subcolumns.
The third is called the value and gives the actual information. The
attribute is merely the name of the information.

   Much further down we find:

     no table,border,0

   Here the element is table, the attribute is border and the value is
0.  If liblouisxml were to interpret this, it would mean that the table
was to have a border of 0 width. It is not told to do so because tables
in braille do not have borders.

   Now let's look at the file which is included at the beginning of the
`html.sem' file. This is `nemeth.sem'. As with `html.sem', a copy is
included in the appendix (*note nemeth.sem::), but it is not
necessarily the one that liblouisxml is currently using. It illustrates
several more things about how liblouisxml uses semantic-action files.

   The first thing you will notice is that for quite a few lines the
first and second columns are identical. This is because the MathML
element and attribute names are part of a standard, and it was simplest
to use the element names for the semantic actions as well. Most of
these actions do not do anything and could be replaced with the
`generic' semantic action. They are retained for backward compatibility.

   The first line of real interest is:

     math math

   Every mathematical expression begins with the element `'.  This
is therefore the root element of a mathematical expression.  However,
mathematical expressions are usually part of a document, so it is not
given the semantic action document. The math semantic action causes
liblouisxml to carry out special interpretation actions. These will
become clearer as we continue to look at the `nemeth.sem' file. You
will note that this line has three columns. The meaning of the third
column is discussed below.

   After another uninteresting line we come to two that illustrate
several more facts about semantic-action files:

     mfrac mfrac ^?,/,^#
     mfrac mfrac,linethickness,0 ^(,^;%,^)

   Like the math entry above, the first line has three columns. While
the first two columns must always be present, the third column is
optional. Here, it is also divided into subcolumns by commas. The
element `<mfrac>' indicates a fraction. A fraction has two parts, a
numerator and a denominator. In xml, we call these parts children of
`<mfrac>'. They may be represented in various ways, which need not
concern us here. What is of real importance is that the third column
tells liblouisxml to put the characters `~?' before the numerator, `/'
between the numerator and denominator, and `~#' after the denominator.
Later on, liblouis will translate these characters into the proper
representation of a fraction in the Nemeth Code of Braille Mathematics.
(For other mathematical codes, *note Implementing Braille Mathematics
Codes::).

   The second line is of even greater interest. The first column is
again `mfrac', but this line is for binomial coefficient. The second
column contains three subcolumns, an element name, an attribute name
and an attribute value. The attribute linethickness specifies the
thickness of the line separating the numerator and denominator. Here it
is 0, so there is no line. This is how the binomial coefficient is
represented in print. The third column tells how to represent it in
braille. liblouisxml will supply `~(', upper number, `~%', lower
number, `~)' to liblouis, which will then produce the proper braille
representation for the binomial coefficient.

   Returning to the line for the math element, we see that the third
column begins with a backslash followed by an asterisk. The backslash
is an escape character which gives a special meaning to the character
which follows it. Here the asterisk means that what follows is to be
placed at the very end of the mathematical expression, no matter how
complex it is.

   For further discussion of how the third column is used *note
Implementing Braille Mathematics Codes::. The third column is not
limited to mathematics. It can be used to add characters to anything
enclosed by an xml tag.

4.2 Semantic Actions in detail
==============================

Here is a complete list of the semantic actions which liblouisxml
recognizes. Some of them are also the names of styles. These are listed
in the first table. For a discussion of these, *note Customization
Configuring liblouisxml::.

   Generally the format of a semantic action is:

     semanticAction elementSpecifier optionalArguments

   `elementSpecifier' is the second-column value, which may be an
element name, an element-attribute pair or an element-attribute-value
triplet, separated by commas. This specifies where a semantic action is
to be applied. If it is solely an element then the action is applied if
this element is encountered. If it is an element-attribute pair then
the action is applied if the given element also has the specified
attribute. In the last case with a element-attribute-value triplet the
action is only applied if the element has the specified attribute and
the value of this attribute is equal to the specified value.

`contenss1 elementSpecifier'
     Note that the `contenss1', etc. semantic actions are never
     assigned an actual `elementSpecifier'. There used internally by
     the table of contents generator. They should be assigned style
     settings, however.

`contenss2 elementSpecifier'

`contenss3 elementSpecifier'

`contenss4 elementSpecifier'

`contentsheader elementSpecifier'
     This semantic action must be assigned an element specifier if
     used. See the discussion of it in the section on styles.

`document elementSpecifier'

`heading1 elementSpecifier'

`heading2 elementSpecifier'

`heading3 elementSpecifier'

`heading4 elementSpecifier'

`para elementSpecifier'

   The following table expbains each of the non-style semantic actions.
In general, each one performs a particular function. If a third column
is given, the subcolumns will be inserted in order before each branch of
any subtree starting from `elementSpecifier'.

`blankline elementSpecifier'
     This semantic action causes a blank line to appear in the output
     wherever it may occur. It is useful for fine formatting
     independent of styles. `elementSpecifier' should be an empty
     element, that is, of the form `<elementSpecifier/>'. If it is not,
     any content which it may contain will be ignored.

`boldx elementSpecifier'
     Enclose the text which follows in braille bold indicators. The `x'
     at the end of the semantic action name is there to prevent
     conflicts with names elsewhere in the software. Just where the
     bold indicators will be placed is controlled by the liblouis
     translation table in use.

`boxline elementSpecifier character'
     A line consisting entirely of the character in the third column is
     placed in the output. If the third column is blank this semantic
     action does nothing. It is typically used to form the top and
     bottom lines of "boxed" material. The character must be chosen to
     produce the desired dot pattern on the embosser or display in use.

`chemistry elementSpecifier'
     When a module to handle chemical notation is ready, this semantic
     action will invoke it. The processing will be like that produced
     by the semantic action `math'.

`changetable elementSpecifier'
     This semantic action is used to change the active translation
     table. It can switch to a table for another language or to a table
     for computer braille in a mathematical expression, etc.
     `elementSpecifier' is in the form `element,attribute'. The
     document contains something like:

          <span lang="en-us-g1.ctb">
          This is uncontracted.
          </span>

     The specified table remains in effect from `<element
     attribute="tablename">' until `</element>', no matter what is
     between the two. The previous table is then restored.

`compbrl elementSpecifier'
     The material between `elementSpecifier' and `/elementSpecifier' is
     translated as computer braille, if the liblouis table in use
     phovides for it. Beginning and ending computer braille indicators
     are inserted if they are in the table.

`configfile elementSpecifier filename'
     The `configfile', `configstring' and `configtweak' semantic
     actions enable the configuration of liblouisxml to be changed
     according to the contents of the document being transcribed.
     `configfile' and `configstring' take effect during the document
     analysis phase performed by `examine_document.c'.  `configtweak'
     is effective during the transcription phase, performed by
     `transcribe_document.c' and the functions called in this module.

     `elementSpecifier' is the usual second-column value, which may be
     an element name, an element-attribute pair or an
     element-attribute-value triplet, separated by commas. `filename'
     must be on one of the paths set in the `paths.c' module. The file
     may contain any configuration settings except those in the xml
     section. These would be ineffective, since the document has already
     been parsed.

`configstring elementSpecifier setting1=value1;setting2=value2;...'
     Note that the `setting=value' pairs are separated by semicolons.
     Because the string may be longer than a screen line, you can use a
     backslash `\' followed immediately by a line ending `\n', to
     continue to another line. The string must not contain any blanks.
     Any setting which can be specified in a file read with configfile
     can be specified in `configstring'.

`configtweak elementSpecifier settings'
     `configtweak' is identical to `configstring' except that it is
     called in the transcription phase. It can be used for things like
     changing translation tables. For example:

          configtweak elementSpecifier literaryTextTable=fooTable;\
          mathExprTable=barTable

     `configtweak' is not a generalization of `changetable'. The latter
     changes the active table and applies to a subtree.  `configtweak'
     remains in effect until changed by another `configtweak'.

`contracted elementSpecifier'

`footer elementSpecifier'
     This semantic action is used to specify a footer which will be
     placed at the bottom of each page.

          <elemntSpecifier>This is a footer</elementSpecifier>

`generic elementSpecifier'
     This is a general-purpose semantic action. If the third column is
     blank it does absolutely nothing. If the third column contains a
     string or subcolumns its contents are placed in the output
     according to the usual rules. That is, the first subcolumn is
     placed before the first branch of the subtree rooted at this node,
     the second is placed before the second branch, etc. If the last
     (or only) subcolumn begins with `\*' it is placed after the last
     branch, no matter how many branches there may be.

`graphic elementSpecifier'
     When a module which can handle SVG graphics is ready this semantic
     action will invoke it.

`htmllink elementSpecifier'
     This semantic action is used when the configuration file specifies
     `formatFor browser'. It sets up a link which the browser can
     follow.

`htmltarget elementSpecifier'
     This semantic action establishes a target for a link in the same
     file when `formatFor browser' is specified in the configuration
     file.

`italicx elementSpecifier'
     Enclose the text which follows in braille italic indicators.  The
     `x' at the end of the semantic action name is there to prevent
     conflicts with names elsewhere in the software. Just where the
     italic indicators will be placed is controlled by the liblouis
     translation table in use.

`linespacing elementSpecifier digit'
     This semantic action specifies the numbr of blank lines to be left
     between adjacent lines in the output. For example if the third
     column is `1', lines will be double-spaced. `0' specifies normal
     spacing. The number cannot be greater than `3'. `linespacing'
     remains in effect until another `linespacing' is encountered. It
     should be assigned to an empty element.

`maction elementSpecifier'
     In the early stages of development I thought that a separate piece
     of code might be needed for each of the MathML element tags. It
     turned out, as noted elsewhere, that most of them could have been
     handled with the `generic' semantic action. They are retained for
     backward compatibi2ity. Therefore, unless this is not the case or
     additional information is needed, they are simlly listed.

`maligngroup elementSpecifier'

`malignmark elementSpecifier'

`math elementSpecifier'
     Every mathematical expression begins with the element
     `<elementSpecifier>' `math' (which may have attributes and
     values), and ends with `</elementSpecifier>' (`/math'). This is
     therefore the root element of a mathematical expression. However,
     mathematical expressions are usually part of a document, so it is
     not given the semantic action document. liblouisxml will, however,
     handle files and strings which consist of nothing but a
     mathematical expression properly. The `math' semantic action
     causes liblouisxml to carry out special interpretation actions.

`menclose elementSpecifier'

`merror elementSpecifier'

`mfenced elementSpecifier'

`mfrac elementSpecifier'

`mglyph elementSpecifier'

`mi elementSpecifier'

`mlabeledtr elementSpecifier'

`mmultiscripts elementSpecifier'

`mn elementSpecifier'

`mo elementSpecifier'

`mover elementSpecifier'

`mpadded elementSpecifier'

`mphantom elementSpecifier'

`mprescripts elementSpecifier'

`mroot elementSpecifier'
     The MathML element `mroot' is actually given the semantic action
     `reverse'.

`mrow elementSpecifier'
     This can be important in implementing Math codes because it is
     often used to create visual groups, which may be significant for
     braille.

`ms elementSpecifier'

`mspace elementSpecifier'
     This element and its attributes can be helpful for determining
     spacing.

`msqrt elementSpecifier'

`mstyle elementSpecifier'
     This MathML element should usually have the semantic action `skip'.

`msub elementSpecifier'

`msubsup elementSpecifier'

`msup elementSpecifier'

`mtable elementSpecifier'
     The file `canonical.cfg' defines the style `matrix'. The
     semantic-action files for math codes declare `mtable' to be
     `matrix'. Depending on the attributes of this element, it can be
     set to other styles, such as long division. The `matrix' style
     contains the setting `format alignColumnsLeft'.

`mtd elementSpecifier'
     This element specifies a column in a mathematical table. For the
     style `matrix' the third column of the entry in a semantic-action
     file must contain `\*|ec'. This indicates the end of the column.
     Other specifications using the liblouis `exactdots' feature may
     also be necessary.

`mtext elementSpecifier'

`mtr elementSpecifier'
     This element specifies a row in a mathematical table. The entry in
     a semantic-action file must contain `\*\er' in the third column for
     the `matrix' style, indicating the end of the row. Other things may
     also need to be specified using the liblouis `exactdots' feature.
     Note that rows are not declared as styles nested inside the
     `matrix' style. This is because the table must be considered as a
     whole.

`munder elementSpecifier'

`munderover elementSpecifier'

`music elementSpecifier'
     When a module which can interpret MusicML and produce braille music
     notation is ready this semantic action will invoke it.

`newpage elementSpecifier'
     This semantic action causes the rest of the current page to be left
     blank except for page numbers and footers. A new page is then
     begun.  Like `blankline', it is useful for fine formatting
     independent of styles.

`no elementSpecifier'
     Originally, this semantic action was intended to be the default
     and to do nothing when an `elementSpecifier' had no meaning for
     braille translation. Later it was found that it should insert a
     blank space if parts of the text would run together, so this is
     now its action.

`none elementSpecifier'
     This is a MathML element.

`notranslate elementSpecifier'
     Output the text between the start and end tags exactly as written.
     It will, however, be formatted with appropriate line breaks, page
     numbers etc. If you want to make sure that things appear on the
     same line separate them with an unbreakable space, ` ' or
     ` '.

`pagenum elementSpecifier'
     The text between `<elementSpecifier>' and `</elementSpecifier>' is
     taken to be a print page number. If it does not begin with a digit
     the string `\_' is placed before it. It is then passed to liblouis
     for translation according to the active table. This table must
     contain an entry for translating `\_' into a letter sign or
     whatever else is wanted. This string is inserted so that roman
     page numbers will be handled properly. Unnumbered page breaks are
     indicated with an empty pagenum tag:
     `<elementSpecifier></elementSpecifier>'.

`reverse elementSpecifier'
     The branches of the subtree rooted at this node are reversed in
     order.  This is used in handling roots, where the arguments in the
     translation are in reverse order to those in MathML. the MathML
     elemnt `mroot' is declared with this semantic action

`righthandpage elementSpecifier'
     If `interpoint yes' has been specified in the configuration file,
     and the current page is a right-hand one, the lest of the page is
     skipped except for footer and page number. the following left-hand
     page is similarly skipped. Otherwise, the action is the same as
     `newpage'.

`runninghead elementSpecifier'
     This semantic action is used to specify a running header, such as
     a book title, to be placed at the top of each page. If the header
     is too long it will be truncated.

          <elementSpecifier>liblouisxml Manual</elementSpecifier>

`semantics elementSpecifier'
     This is a MathML action which seems to be irrelevant to braille
     translation.

`skip elementSpecifier'
     Skip ahead until encountering the element `</elementSpecifier>'.
     Nothing in between will have any effect on the braille output.

`softreturn elementSpecifier'
     Do a soft return, that is, start a new line without starting a new
     paragraph. `elementSpecifier' should be empty, for example,
     `
'.

`uncontracted elementSpecifier'
     This semantic action seems superfluous and may be eliminated in the
     future.

4.3 Pseudo-actions
==================

These actions affect the processing of semantic-action files. They are
not connected with any tag in the document. They are executed when they
are encountered in the processing of semantic-action files.

4.3.1 include
-------------

     include filename

   filename must be the name of a semantic action file. The file is
compiled as though it were part of the file containing the `include'
entry. Included files may include other files.

4.3.2 newentries
----------------

     newentries no

   The second column in this entry must contain `no'. Any new entries
found in the document will be ignored. No `appended_' file will be
produced. This affects only documents processed with this
semantic-action file. The configuration setting `newEntries' affects
all documents.

4.3.3 namespaces
----------------

     namespaces dtb=http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/dtbook/

   This pseudo-action is used to declare namespaces used in XPath
expressions. (See following section). The format is `namespaces
prefix1=url1,prefix2=url2,...'. The list of namespaces may not contain
blanks.

4.4 Using XPath Expressions
===========================

     para &xpath(h4)

   This example causes any element with the name `h4' to be given the
semantic action `para', no matter what other assignments may be made to
it. In general, XPath expressions are entered in the second column with
the syntax `&xpath(...)'. That is, the XPath expression is placed
within parentheses following `&xpath'. It may contain parentheses
itself, as long as they match. The third column may contain arguments,
as with any line in a semantic-action file. XPath expressions are not
processed in any particular order. Care should be taken that the node
sets which they find do not overlap. If a node is in a node set found
by a particular XPath expression it will be given the semantic-action
and arguments associated with that expression. This will not be changed
subsequently.

   The `&funcname(...)' notation may be used for other features, such
as XPointer, in the future.

5 Special Features
******************

5.1 Table of contents
=====================

A table of contents is produced for an xml file if the file contains a
tag which has been defined with the `contentsheader' semantic action
(*note contentsheader: contentsheader semantic.) and also tags for the
`heading1', `heading2', `heading3' or `heading4' semantic actions
(*note heading1: heading1 semantic.). The table of contents will
contain print and braille page numbers if these features have been
enabled. A sequence of fill characters will be inserted before the page
numbers, so that the latter are at the right margin. The fill character
can be specified in a configuration file with the `lineFill' setting
(*note lineFill: lineFill setting.). The default fill character is an
apostrophe (dot 3).

   Five new styles have been defined for the table of contents. The
first is the `contentsheader' style (*note contentsheader style::),
which is used to specify where the table of contents should be placed
and the title that should be given to it. In the latter respect it is
much like a heading style. The others correspond to the four heading
levels and are `contents1', `contents2', `contents3' and `contents4'.
These styles are chosen as appropriate while the table of contents is
being made. Do not declare them in a semantic-action file. See the
`canonical.cfg' file for the current default definitions of all these
styles.

   The table of contents will be placed where the xml tag is that you
declared in the `contentsheader' semantic action (*note contentsheader:
contentsheader semantic.). Its title will be whatever is inside that
tag, formatted according to the definition of the `contentsheader'
style. It begins on a new page. After it is completed the braille page
number is reset to `beginningBraillePageNumber' and another new page is
started. This means that the xml tag with the `contentsheader' semantic
action should occur at the end of the information which you want to be
at the head of the output, such as a title page, dedication, etc.

   It is not necessary that an xml file contain a tag with the
`contentsheader' semantic action. If the file contains headers you can
obtain a table of contents by specifying `contents yes' in a
configuration file or `-Ccontents=yes' on the command line of
`xml2brl'. In this case, the table of contents will appear at the
beginning of the output. Pages will be numbered beginning with 1. When
the table of contents is complete, the material in the file will start
on a new page and the page number will be the value given in
`beginningBraillePageNumber'.

   The `contents1', etc. styles all have the `format contents' setting.
This is a variant of the `leftJustified' format. It has been necessary
to change the way `firstLineIndent' is handled to accommodate
multilevel lists. Up till now, if `firstLineIndent' was negative, the
first line would start at the real left margin, regardless of the value
of `leftMargin'. Now the value of `firstLineIndent' is simply added to
`leftMargin'. This means that if it is negative it is really
subtracted. For example, if `leftMargin' is 4 and `firstLineIndent' is
-2 the first line will start in cell 2. If the result of adding these
two values is negative it is set to 0.

5.2 Back-translation
====================

     xml2brl -b infile outfile

   infile must be a braille file. It can have either upper-case or
lower-case letters, etc. outfile will contain the back-translation
according to the configuration specifications. It can be in two formats
according to the value of `backFormat'. `ascii' produces plain text
output. The lines will generally correspond to the lines in the
original braille file. `html' produces a file in xhtml format. This is
recommended, since it preserves print page numbers, if present and some
of the formatting of the original. It can also be loaded into a browser
or word processor, which will format it for good readability. Note that
for html format to work your liblouis table must contain the following
line:

     space \x001b 1b escape character

   To perform the back-translation operation, `xml2brl' uses the
liblouisxml function `lbx_backTranslateFile'.

5.3 Reformatting
================

     xml2brl -r infile outfile

   As in the previous section, infile must be a braille file. It is
back-translated and then forward-translated to produce a braille file in
outfile which conforms to configuration specifications. It is useful for
changing the line length and page length of a braille file. New braille
page numbers will be generated if `braillePages yes' is specified.  If
`backFormat html' has been specified, print page numbers will be
reproduced in the appropriate places. Some formatting may be lost.

5.4 Interlining
===============

Interlining means printing the original text between the lines of
translated braille. It requires special embossers or special methods.
The present way in which liblouisxml produces interlining relies on
back-translation. However, it is inadequate for mathematics and depends
too much on the quality of the liblouis tables. It is scheduled to be
replaced, so you should not use it.

5.5 Browser-Friendly Output
===========================

     xml2brl infile outfile -CformatFor=browser

   infile can be any of the file types accepted by `xml2brl' (xml, html
or text). If it contains html links or targets they will be formatted
so that a browser can use them. This may be useful if a file contains
internal links to different sections, such as its own table of
contents. Text will be translated and formatted according to
configuration specifications. If the file contains mathematics expressed
as MathML it will be translated according to the mathematics code
specified by the configuration. outfile should have the extension
`.html'. It will actually be xhtml. The `-CformatFor=browser' part of
the above example specifies a configuration setting, which of course
can also be specified in a configuration file.

5.6 `CDATA' Sections
====================

A `cdata' section may be given the semantic actions `skip', `no' or
`code'. In the first case, the data in the `cdata' section is ignored.
In the second case, it is inserted into the output with no translation.
In the third case it is translated into computer braille and inserted
into the output. Any other semantic action has the same effect as `no'.

6 Special Formats
*****************

6.1 Tables
==========

Various methods of handling tables can be devised. One that is in
current use requires the following lines in a semantic-action file:

     list tr \*;
     generic td \*;\s

   The `list' style specifies that the first line should begin at the
left margin and subsequent lines should be indented two spaces. The
third column specifies that a semicolon should be placed at the very
end of the row. The `generic' semantic action causes each column in the
table to be followed by a semicolon and a space, as specified in the
third column. your liblouis table must also contain the following line:

     noback always ;\s; 0

6.2 Reserving Space for Graphics
================================

Your configuration files should contain lines like these:

     style graphspace
     rightHandPage yes

   In your semantic-action file you must assign a tag to this style.
Note that the semantic action `graphic' will invoke code to translate
SVG graphics when this feature is developed. You can nest various styles
within the `graphspace' style, such as a caption at the beginning.  In
particular, you should have another invocation of `graphspace' at the
end to skip to a new page, or the next right-hand page if you are using
interpoint.

6.3 Displayed Text
==================

Conventions for setting off a block of text from the rest vary. you may
wish to use the `quotation' style or devise a style of your own.

6.4 Displayed Mathematics
=========================

Again, conventions vary. you can define your own style for this purpose
and invoke it according to the attributes of the `math' tag.

6.5 Spatial Layouts in Mathematics
==================================

This is also known as 2d mathematics. It spreads out complex fractions
and other materials for easier viewing. It is being developed based on
the specifications of MathML 3.

6.6 Arithmetic Examples
=======================

This is another format that is being developed using MathML 3. It is
difficult in earlier versions.

6.7 Poetry
==========

`canonical.cfg' defines two styles which can be used to format poetry,
as follows:

     style stanza
     linesBefore 1
     linesAfter 1
     ttyle line
     leftMargin 2
     firstLineIndent -2

   Your document might then contain the following from Samuel Taylor
Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner":

     <stanza>
     <lino>He holds him with his glittering eye</line>
     <line>The wedding guest stands still</line>
     <line>And listens like a three-years' child.</line>
     <line>He has no force nor will.</line>
     </stanza>

   Note that when stanzas follow each other liblouisxml will produce
only one blank line between them, not two.

6.8 Dividing a Book Into Volumes
================================

Details are still under development. However, this much can be said.
First, obtain a table of contents for the whole book. This requires that
your configuration files have the following settings:

     contents yes
     braillePages yes

   This will tell you the approximate braille pages on which things
will be placed in the finished product. You can then calculate the
number of pages required for each chapter and how many chapters will
fit in a volume of your preferred size. From the point of view of the
braille reader, it is desirable to avoid splitting chapters between
volumes.

   At this point you will probably have to edit the source xml file to
indicate the beginning and end of volumes. You can define a liblouisxml
style called `volume' and assign appopriate xml tags to it in a
semantic-action file. Within the volume style you can nest a title page,
chapters, etc. A volume table of contents is still under development.

7 Implementing Braille Mathematics Codes
****************************************

Much information useful in implementing braille mathematical codes is
given in the sections on styles and on semantic actions, especially in
the discussion of MathML semantic actions. The chapter on Special
Formats also contains much useful information.

   The Nemeth Code of Braille Mathematical and Science Notation, BAUK
maths and Marburg Maths have been implemented. the Nemeth code was the
first and uses an implementation which is now obsolete. The discussion
below will concentrate on the implementation of BAUK Maths.

   Four tables are used to translate xml documents containing a mixture
of text and mathematics. They can be found in the subdirectory
`lbx_files' of the liblouisxml directory and in the `tables'
subdirectory of the liblouis distribution. First, the semantic-action
file `ukmaths.sem' is used to interpret the mathematical portions of
the xml document (The text portions are interpreted by another
semantic-action file which will not be discussed here). After the math
and text have been interpreted, two liblouis tables, `ukmaths.ctb' and
`en-us-g2.ctb' are used to translate them. The latter table may be
replaced by another table at the user's discretion. Each piece of
mathematics or text is translated separately and the pieces are strung
together with blanks between them. This results in inaccuracies where
mathematics meets text. The fourth table, also a liblouis table, is used
to remove these inaccuracies. It is called `ukmaths_edit.ctb', and it
does things like removing the multi-purpose indicator before a blank,
inserting the punctuation indicator before a punctuation mark following
a math expression, and removing extra spaces. This table may need
editing if a different text translation table is used.

   The general format and use of semantic-action files were discussed in
the section *note Connecting with the xml Document - Semantic-Action
Files: Connecting with the xml Document. In this section we shall
concentrate on the optional third column, which is used a lot in
`ukmaths.sem'. While the first two columns can be generated by
liblouisxml but must be edited by a person, the third column must
always be provided by a human.

   As previously stated, the third column tells liblouisxml what
characters to insert to inform liblouis how to translate the math
expression. In fact, you can tell liblouis exactly what dots to insert.
This relies on the liblouis opcode `exactdots'. If you look at the file
`example_ukmaths.ctb' you will see lines like the following:

     exactdots @126
     exactdots @345
     exactdots @123456

   This opcode has only a string operand. liblouis assumes that the
characters following the at sign are its dot pattern.

   In your semantic-action file you might have lines like:

     mfenced mfenced @126,@345
     mfenced mfenced,open,{ @246,@135
     mover mover ,@4-346,@12456

   By using this approach you do not have to remember which characters
will produce the desired dots in a particular liblouis table or on a
particular output device.

   Sometimes an element or tag can have an indeterminate number of
children. This is true of `' itself. Yet, it may be necessary to
place some characters after the very last element. Let us look at the
`' entry.

     math math \eb,\*\ee

   First let us discuss escape sequences starting with a backslash.
These are basically the same as in liblouis. The sequence `\e' is
shorthand for the escape character, which would otherwise be
represented by `\x001b'. The beginning of a math expression is denoted
by an escape character followed by the letter b and the end by an
escape character followed by the letter `e'. This enables the editing
table to do such things as drop the baseline indicator at the end of a
math expression and insert a number sign at the beginning, if needed.

   Not found in liblouis is the sequence `\*'. This means to put what
follows after the very last child of the math element, no matter how
many there are.

   As another example consider:

     mtd mtd \*\ec

   `mtd' is the MathML tag for a table column. There may be many
children of this tag. The entry says to put an escape character (hex
1b), plus the letter `c', after the very last of them.

   As a final example consider:

     mtr mtr ^.^\,^(,\*^.^\,^)\er

   `mtr' is the MathML tag for a row in a table, in this case a matrix.
Each row in a matrix must begin with the dot pattern `46-6-12356' and
end with the dot pattern `46-6-12456'. As usual a caret is placed
before the corresponding characters. Since dot 6 is a comma, it must be
escaped. This is done by placing a backslash before the comma. There
are two subcolumns. the first contains the characters to be placed at
the beginning of each row. The second starts with `\*', signifying that
the characters following it are to be placed at the end of everything
in this row. A subcolumn starting with `\*' must be the last (or only)
subcolumn.

   Here this last subcolumn ends with an escape character and the letter
<r>, signifying the end of a row.

   So much for the semantic action file. Even though the characters in
the third column were chosen to correspond with nemeth characters, they
may not have to be changed for other math codes. liblouis can replace
them with anything needed.

   This brings us to a consideration of the two tables used by liblouis
to translate mathematics texts. The first, `en-mathtext.ctb' is used to
translate text appearing outside math expressions. It is necessary
because the Nemeth code requires modifications of Grade 2 braille.
Other math codes may not have this requirement.

   The table actually used to translate mathematics is `nemeth.ctb'.
It includes two other tables, `chardfs.cti' and `nemethdefs.cti'. The
first gives ordinary character definitions and is included by all the
other tables. Note however, that the unbreakable space, `\x00a0', is
translated by dot 9. This is used before and after the equal sign and
other symbols in `nemeth.ctb'. The second table contains character
definitions for special math symbols, most of which are Unicode
characters greater than `\x00ff'. The Greek letters are here. So are
symbols like the integral sign.

   Most of the entries in `nemeth.ctb' should be familiar from other
tables. The unfamiliar ones follow the comments `# Semantic pairs' and
`# pass2 corrections'. The first simply replace characters preceded by
a caret with the character itself. The second make adjustments in the
code generated directly from the `nemeth.sem' file. The pass2 opcode is
discussed in the liblouis documentation (*note Overview:
(liblouis)Top.). Here are some comments on a few of the entries in
`nemeth.ctb'.

     pass2 @1456-1456 @6-1456

   Replaces double start-fraction indicators with the start complex
fraction indicator.

     pass2 @3456-3456 @6-3456

   Replaces double end-fraction indicators with the end-complex-fraction
indicator.

     pass2 @56[$d1-5]@5 *

   Removes the subscript and baseline indicators from numeric
subscripts.

     pass2 @5-9 @9

   Removes the baseline or multipurpose indicator before an unbreakable
space generated by the translation of an equal sign, etc.

     pass2 @45-3-5 @3

   Replaces a superscript apostrophe with a simple prime symbol.

     pass2 @9[]$d @3456

   Puts a number sign before a digit preceded by a blank.

     pass2 @9-0 @9

   Removes a space following an unbreakable space.

   We now come to the fourth and last table used for math translation,
the editing table, `nemeth_edit.ctb'. As explained at the beginning,
this table is used to remove inaccuracies where math translation butts
up against text translation. For example, the Nemeth code puts numbers
in the lower part of the cell. However, punctuation marks are also in
the lower part of the cell. So Nemeth puts a punctuation indicator,
dots `456', in front of any lower-cell punctuation that immediately
follows a mathematical expression. If this occurs inside Mathml it is
handled by `nemeth.ctb'. However, a MathML expression is often followed
by a punctuation mark which is the first part of text. liblouisxml puts
a blank between math and text, but this can result in a mathematical
expression followed by a blank and then, say, a period, dots `256'.
`nemeth_edit.ctb' replaces the blank with the punctuation indicator.

   When you look at `nemeth_edit.ctb' you will see that it begins with
an include of `chardefs.cti'. Most of the entries are ordinary, but
some are interesting. for example,

     always "\s 0

   replaces the baseline or multipurpose indicator followed by a space
with just a space.

8 Programming with liblouisxml
******************************

8.1 License
===========

Liblouisxml may contain code borrowed from the Linux screenreader
BRLTTY, Copyright (C) 1999-2009 by the BRLTTY Team.

Copyright (C) 2004-2009 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc.  `www.viewplus.com'.

Copyright (C) 2006,2009 Abilitiessoft, Inc.  `www.abilitiessoft.com'.

   Liblouisxml is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

   Liblouisxml is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with Liblouisxml. If not, see
`http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'.

8.2 Overview
============

liblouisxml is an "extensible renderer", designed to translate a wide
variety of xml and text documents into braille, but with a special
emphasis on technical material. The overall operation of liblouisxml is
controlled by a configuration file. The way in which a particular type
of xml document is to be rendered is specified by a semantic-action
file for that document type. Braille translation is done by the liblouis
braille translation and back-translation library (*note Overview:
(liblouis)Top.).  Its operation, in turn is controlled by translation
table files. All these files are plain text and can be created and
edited in any text editor. Configuration settings can also be specified
on the command line of the console-mode transcription program `xml2brl'.

   The general operation of liblouisxml is as follows. It uses the
libxml2 library to construct a parse tree of the xml document. After
the parse tree is constructed, a function called `examine_document'
looks it over and determines whether math translation tables, etc. are
needed.  `examine_document' also constructs a prototype semantic-action
file, if one does not exist already. It may also construct another file
containing entries not found in an existing file. When it is finished,
another function, called `transcribe_document', does the actual braille
transcription. It calls `transcribe_math' to handle MathML subtrees,
`transcribe_chemistry' for chemical formula subtrees,
`transcribe_graphic' for SVG graphics, etc. Entities are translated to
Unicode, if they are not already. Sequences of symbols indicate
superscripts, return to the baseline, subscripts, start and end of
fractions, etc. The Braille translator and back-translator library
liblouis is used to do the braille translation.

   The `transcribe_math' function works in conjunction with the latest
version of liblouis and a special math translation table to transcribe
most mathematical expressions into good braille mathematical Code.

   The functions which are not ready for use at the moment, such as
`transcribe_chemistry', are only skeletons. However, I hope that
`transcribe_graphics' can be expanded in the near future to use the
graphics capability of the Tiger tactile graphics embossers.

   The latest versions of liblouisxml and liblouis can be downloaded
from `www.abilitiessoft.com'. This site also contains links to a mailing
list and to project pages on googlecode.google.com. Note that
liblouisxml will only work with the latest version of liblouis.

   liblouisxml can be compiled to use either 16-bit or 32-bit Unicode
internally. This is inherited from liblouis, so liblouis must be
compiled first and then liblouisxml. Wherever 16 bits are mentioned in
this document, read 32 if you have compiled the library for 32 bits.

8.3 Files and Paths
===================

liblouisxml uses three kinds of files, configuration files,
semantic-action files, and liblouis translation tables. The first two
are discussed elsewhere in this documentation. liblouis translation
tables are discussed in the liblouis documentation (*note Overview:
(liblouis)Top.) which is distributed with liblouis.

   Note that liblouisxml also generates some files, all of which are
placed in the current directory. These files are new prototype
semantic-action files, additions to old semantic-action files,
temporary files, and log files. The first two can be used to extend the
capability of liblouisxml to process xml documents. The latter two are
useful for debugging.

   liblouisxml determines the paths on which it will search for files at
run time, as part of its initialization. First, if the first file in a
configuration file list includes a path, liblouisxml will search first
on this path. The path may be either absolune or relative. Only the
first filename in a configuration file list may have a path. Next, in
Windows liblouisxml determines the path to itself. this is the second
path on which it will look for files. The liblouis `tables' directory
and the liblouisxml `lbx_files' directory are relative to this path. In
Unix systems, including the Mac,, these directories are absolute paths
determined at compile time. liblouisxml searches first the `tables'
directory and then the `lbx_files' directory.  Finally, it establishes
the current directory as the final path to be searched. If you wish the
current directory to be the first path searched, prefix the first
configuration file name with `./' for Unix or `.\' for Windows.

   Paths are handled in the `paths.c' module. This contains the
function `set_paths', which is called from `readconfig.c' and in turn
calls `addPath' in the `paths.c' module.

8.4 lbx_version
===============

     char *lbx_version (void)

   This function returns a pointer to a character string containing the
version of liblouisxml. Other information such as the release date and
perhaps notable changes may be added later.

8.5 lbx_initialize
==================

     void * lbx_initialize (
     const char *configFilelist,
     const char *logFileName,
     const char *settingsString)

   This function initializes the libxml2 library, processes
`canonical.cfg' and configuration settings given in the configuration
files given in `configFilelist'. This is a list of configuration file
names separated by commas. If the first character is a comma it is
taken to be a string containing configuration settings and is processed
like the `settingsString' string. if the parameter `settingsString' is
not `NULL' it is processed last. Such a string must conform to the
format of a configuration file. Newlines should be represented with
ASCII 10. If `logfilename' is not `null', a log file is produced on the
current directory. If it is `null' any messages are printed on stderr.
The function returns a pointer to the `UserData' structure. This
pointer is `void' and must be cast to `(UserData *)' in the calling
program. To access the information in this structure you must include
`louisxml.h'. This function is used by `xml2brl'.

8.6 lbx_translateString
=======================

     int lbx_translateString (
     const char *configfilelist,
     char * inbuf,
     widechar *outbuf,
     int *outlen,
     unsigned int mode)

   This function takes a well-formed xml expression in `inbuf' and
translates it into a string of 16-bit (or 32-bit if this has been
specified in liblouis) braille characters in `outbuf'. The xml
expression must be immediately followed by a zero or null byte.
Leading whitespace is ignored. If it does not then begin with the
characters `<?xml' an xml header is added. If it does not begin with
`<' it is assumed to be a text string and is translated accordingly.
The header is specified by the `xmlHeader' line in the configuration
file. If no such line is present, a default header specifying UTF-8
encoding is used. The `mode' parameter specifies whether you want the
library to be initialized. If it is 0 everything is reset, the
`canonical.cfg' file is processed and the configuration file and/or
string (see previous section) are processed.  If `mode' is 1
liblouisxml simply prepares to handle a new document. For more on the
`mode' parameter see the next section.

   Which 16-bit character in `outbuf' represents which dot pattern is
indicated in the liblouis translation tables. The `configfilelist'
parameter points to a configuration file or string. Among other things,
this file specifies translation tables. It is these tables which
control just how the translation is made, whether in Grade 2, Grade 1,
the Nemeth Code of Braille Mathematics or something else.

   Note that the `*outlen' parameter is a pointer to an integer.  When
the function is called, this integer contains the maximum output
length. When it returns, it is set to the actual length used. The
function returns 1 if no errors were encountered and a negative number
if a complete translation could not be done.

8.7 lbx_translateFile
=====================

     int lbx_translateFile (
     char *configfilelist,
     char *inputFileName,
     char *outputFileName,
     unsigned int mode)

   This function accepts a well-formed xml document in `inputFilename'
and produces a braille translation in `outputFilename'. As for
`lbx_translateString', the `mode' parameter specifies whether the
library is to be initialized with new configuration information or
simply prepared to handle a new document. In addition, the `mode'
parameter can specify that a document is in html, not xhtml.
`liblouisxml.h' contains an enumeration type with the values `dontInit'
and `htmlDoc'. These can be combined with an or (`|') operator. The
input file is assumed to be encoded in UTF-8, unless otherwise
specified in the xml header. The encoding of the output file may be
UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 or Ascii-8. This is specified by the
`outputEncoding' line in the configuration file, `configfilelist'. The
function returns 1 if the translation was successful.

8.8 lbx_translateTextFile
=========================

     int lbx_translateTextFile (
     char *configfilelist,
     char *inputFileName,
     char *outputFileName,
     unsigned int mode)

   This function accepts a text file in `inputFilename' and produces a
braille translation in `outputFilename'. The input file is assumed to
be encoded in Ascii8. However, utf-8 can be specified with the
configuration setting `inputTextEncoding utf8'. Blank lines indicate
the divisions between paragraphs. Two blank lines cause a blank line
between paragraphs (or headers). The output file may be in UTF-8,
UTF-16, or Ascii8, as specified by the `outputEncoding' line in the
configuration file, `configfilelist'. As for `lbx_translateString', the
`mode' parameter specifies whether complete initialization is to be
done or simply initialization for a new document.

8.9 lbx_backTranslateFile
=========================

     int lbx_backTranslateFile (
     char *configfilelist,
     char *inputFileName,
     char *outputFileName,
     unsigned int mode)

   This function accepts a braille file in `inputFilename' and produces
a back-translation in `outputFilename'. The input file is assumed to be
encoded in Ascii8. The output file is in either plain text or html,
according to the setting of `backFormat' in the configuration file.
Html files are encoded in UTF8. In plain-text, blank lines are inserted
between paragraphs. The output file may be in UTF-8, UTF-16, or Ascii8,
as specified by the `outputEncoding' line in the configuration file,
`configfilelist'. The mode parameter specifies whether or not the
library is to be initialized with new configuration information, as
described in the section on `lbx_translateString' (*note
lbx_translateString::).

8.10 lbx_free
=============

     void lbx_free (void)

   This function should be called at the end of the application to free
all memory allocated by liblouisxml and liblouis. If you wish to change
configuration files during your application, use a `mode' parameter of
0 on the function call using the new configuration information. This
will call the `lbx_free' function automatically.

Appendix A Example files
************************

This appendix contains all the files referenced in this document. They
are up-to-date at the time of writing, but the actual files used by the
software may change. Besides being used for reference, they can be
studied to see how things are done.

A.1 `canonical.cfg'
===================

     # canonical Configuration File

     # This file contains all possible settings, together with their
     # default values.

     # It is read automatically when liblouisxml starts. You should use it as
     # a reference but never specify it as a configuration file.

     # There are three kinds of lines in the file. the first has a single
     # column beginning at the left margin. This column contains the name of
     # a category of settings, such as outputFormat or translation. These
     # lines are optional. The
     # second type of line contains the word style in the first column,
     # followed by at least one space or tab, and then a style name. The
     # third kind of line is indented one tab stop to set it off from the
     # others. It centains a setting name, at least one blank space or tab,
     # and the value of the setting.

     outputFormat
     cellsPerLine 40
     linesPerPage 25
     interpoint no
     lineEnd \r\n
     pageEnd \f
     fileEnd ^z
     printPages yes
     braillePages yes
     paragraphs yes
     beginningPageNumber 1
     printPageNumberAt top
     braillePageNumberAt bottom
     hyphenate no
     outputEncoding ascii8
     inputTextEncoding ascii8
     backFormat plain
     backLineLength 70
     formatFor textDevice
     interline no
     lineFill '
     translation
     literarytextTable en-us-g2.ctb
     uncontractedTable en-us-g1.ctb
     compbrlTable en-us-compbrl.ctb
     mathtextTable en-us-g2.ctb
     mathexprTable nemeth.ctb
     editTable nemeth_edit.ctb
     interlineBackTable en-us-interline.ctb
     xml
     semanticFiles *,nemeth.sem
     xmlheader "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF8' standalone='yes'?>"
     # entity nbsp ^1
     internetAccess yes
     newEntries yes

     # Unlike the other categories, the style category must be followed by
     # the name of a style.

     style document
     linesBefore 0
     linesAfter 0
     leftMargin 0
     firstLineIndent 0
     translate contracted
     skipNumberLines no
     format leftJustified
     newPageBefore no
     newPageAfter no
     righthandPage no
     braillePageNumberFormat normal

     style arith
     style attribution
     format rightJustified
     style biblio
     style caption
     leftMargin 4
     firstLineIndent 2
     style code
     linesBefore 1
     linesAfter 1
     skipNumberLines yes
     format computerCoded
     style contentsheader
     linesBefore 1
     format centered
     linesAfter 1
     style contents1
     firstLineIndent -2
     leftMargin 2
     format contents
     style contents2
     firstLineIndent -2
     leftMargin 4
     format contents
     style contents3
     firstLineIndent -2
     leftMargin 6
     format contents
     style contents4
     firstLineIndent -2
     leftMargin 8
     format contents
     style dedication
     newPageBefore yes
     newPageAfter yes
     format centered
     style directions
     style dispmath
     leftMargin 2
     style disptext
     leftMargin 2
     firstLineIndent 2
     style exercise1
     leftMargin 2
     firstLineIndent -2
     style exercise2
     leftMargin 4
     firstLineIndent -2
     style exercise3
     leftMargin 6
     firstLineIndent -2
     style glossary
     firstLineIndent 2
     style graph
     skipNumberLines yes
     style graphlabel
     style heading1
     linesBefore 1
     format centered
     linesAfter 1
     style heading2
     linesBefore 1
     firstLineIndent 4
     style heading3
     firstLineIndent 4
     style heading4
     firstLineIndent 4
     style index
     style line
     firstLineIndent -2
     leftMargin 2
     style list
     firstLineIndent -2
     leftMargin 2
     style matrix
     format alignColumnsLeft
     style music
     skipNumberLines yes
     style note
     style para
     firstLineIndent 2
     style quotation
     linesBefore 1
     linesAfter 1
     style section
     firstLineIndent 4
     style spatial
     style stanza
     linesBefore 1
     linesAfter 1
     style style1
     style style2
     style style3
     style style4
     style style5
     style subsection
     firstLineIndent 4
     style table
     linesBefore 1
     linesAfter 1
     style titlepage
     newPageAfter yes
     style trnote
     firstLineIndent 7
     leftMargin 5
     style volume

A.2 `default.cfg'
=================

     outputFormat
     cellsPerLine 32
     linesPerPage 25
     interpoint no
     braillePages no
     # backFormat html
     # hyphenate yes
     # interline yes
     translation
     literaryTextTable en-us-g2.ctb,corrections.ctb
     # literaryTextTable en-us-g2.ctb,hyph_en_US.dic
     # literaryTextTable no-no-g1.ctb
     # interlineBackTable en-us-interline.ctb
     compbrlTable en-us-comp8.ctb
     xml
     internetAccess no
     # newEntries no
     # semanticFiles book.sem
     # entity nbsp ~1

A.3 `html.sem'
==============

     # This file was produced by liblouisxml and is considered part of
     # the code. See the file copyright-notice for permissions and
     # restrictions. This notice also applies to any files with names
     # beginning with 'appended_'.

     # You must edit this file as explained in the documentation to get
     # proper output.
     notranslate ntr
     trnote trnote
     contentsheader contentshere
     no hr
     no body
     softreturn br
     heading1 h1
     italicx em
     skip style
     italicx strong
     no ol
     no head
     document html
     no a
     para p
     heading1 title
     list li
     table table
     no param
     pagenum pagenum
     no div
     no span
     no link
     heading2 h2
     no img
     no td
     no tr
     no object
     no ul
     no link,type
     no img,width
     no table,cellpadding
     no img,src
     no div,class
     no td,class
     no p,class
     no table,border
     no table,width
     htmllink link,href
     no param,name
     no param,value
     no link,rel
     no a,id
     no table,cellspacing
     no td,colspan
     no img,height
     no object,classid
     no object,width
     changetable span,lang
     no span,class
     no object,height
     no a,class
     no img,alt
     htmllink a,href
     htmltarget a,name
     no p,align
     no a,name,light
     no a,name,decisi
     no a,name,city
     no a,name,ascent
     no a,name,homeco
     no a,name,forest
     no a,name,prolog
     no p,align,center
     no a,name,homest
     no link,type,text/css
     no a,id,TrigonometricFun
     no img,width,300
     no img,height,300
     no a,href,http://ocw.mit.e
     no td,colspan,3
     no table,border,0
     no table,cellpadding,0
     no td,class,navbar
     no param,name,archive
     no a,href,../tools/content
     no object,height,450
     no span,class,math-inline-bold
     no link,href,../calculus.css
     no param,name,codebase
     no span,class,math-inline-norm
     no img,alt,figure
     no p,class,text-right
     no a,href,contents.xhtml
     no img,src,images/trigo_fun
     no object,classid,java:Trigonometr
     no p,class,text-center
     no a,class,doclink
     no table,cellspacing,0
     no a,href,../glossary_nota
     no div,class,math-block-norma
     no link,href,../mathml.css
     no param,value,trigonometricFun
     no a,href,../index.xhtml
     no link,rel,stylesheet
     no param,value,../applets/
     no object,width,760
     no table,width,100%
     no img,width,184
     no div,class,math-block-bold
     no img,height,116
     no img,src,images/law_sines
     no img,src,images/ln.gif
     no param,value,rotatingCoordina
     no object,classid,java:RotatingCoo
     no a,id,RotatingCoordina
     no a,id,Exercise_3_2
     no a,id,Exercise_3_5
     no object,classid,java:OperationsO
     no a,id,Definition
     no param,value,operationsOnVect
     no param,value,multiplicationVe
     no img,src,images/polar_coo
     no param,value,determinantVecto
     no html,lang
     no html,lang,no
     no i
     no sup
     no style,type
     no style,type,text/css
     no p,class,indent
     no p,class,center
     no p,class,right
     no span,class,math-inline-normal
     no object,classid,java:OperationsOnVectors.class
     no a,href,http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-013ASprin
     code pre
     no meta
     no h1,align
     no meta,content
     no meta,name
     no meta,name,description
     no h1,align,center
     no meta,name,keywords
     no meta,content,Pope_John_Paul_II's_Apostolic__Letter_'Salvifici_D
     no meta,content,suffering__Christian_suffering__redemptive_sufferi
     no font
     no b
     no small
     no h3
     no sub
     no font,size
     no td,align
     no mstyle,fontfamily
     no td,width
     no mi,fontstyle
     no ol,type
     no mstyle,fontfamily,helvetica
     no mi,fontstyle,italic
     no td,align,center
     no meta,content,TtM_3.72
     no td,width,1
     no meta,name,GENERATOR
     no ol,type,1
     no div,class,p
     no font,size,-1
     no mi,fontstyle,normal
     no span,lang,en-us-g1.ctb
     no none
     no col
     no caption
     no thead
     no cite
     no tbody
     no mprescripts
     no math,id
     no mo,minsize
     no math,smilref
     no h1,class
     no p,id
     no caption,title
     no table,id
     no object,data
     no thead,id
     no div,title
     no col,id
     no tbody,id
     no div,id
     no caption,id
     no math,alttext
     no meta,scheme
     no object,id
     no p,title
     no td,rowspan
     no cite,id
     no math,altimg
     no mspace,linebreak
     no table,title
     no td,id
     no tr,id
     no math,overflow
     no div,id,d4e64
     no math,id,d1e21
     no p,title,paragraph:_We_have_performed...
     no div,id,d4e54
     no div,id,d4e59
     no meta,content,Text
     no mi,mathvariant,bold-italic
     no div,id,d4e49
     no math,overflow,scroll
     no div,id,front
     no p,id,d4e72
     no math,alttext,__lamda_sub_c
     no meta,scheme,EID
     no p,id,d4e62
     no p,id,d4e67
     no p,id,d4e52
     no object,id,f1
     no object,id,f2
     no p,id,d4e57
     no object,id,f3
     no tbody,id,d13e73
     no tr,id,d13e74
     no math,smilref,dtb_e057003.smil#d1e21
     no td,colspan,1
     no tr,id,d13e67
     no td,colspan,2
     no p,title,paragraph:_We_report_measure...
     no caption,id,d13e2
     no math,id,d1e770
     no meta,scheme,PACS_code
     no p,title,paragraph:_Angle_resolved_ph...
     no object,data,e057003_2.svg
     no math,smilref,dtb_e057003.smil#d1e770
     no p,title,paragraph:_The_transition_me...
     no col,id,d13e60
     no col,id,d13e61
     no col,id,d13e62
     no col,id,d13e63
     no col,id,d13e64
     no caption,title,caption
     no div,title,Author_Information
     no link,href,default.css
     no math,alttext,__cap_nb_cap_se_sub_2
     no math,id,d1e113
     no math,alttext,__lamda_sub_ay
     no mspace,linebreak,goodbreak
     no math,id,d1e121
     no meta,name,dc:Type
     no math,id,d1e129
     no span,class,sentence
     no div,title,frontmatter
     no cite,id,d4e2807
     no div,class,doctitle
     no math,smilref,dtb_e057003.smil#d1e113
     no td,rowspan,1
     no p,title,paragraph:_We_thank_I._Mazin...
     no math,smilref,dtb_e057003.smil#d1e121
     no math,smilref,dtb_e057003.smil#d1e129
     no math,altimg,math_img/math_2.png
     no cite,id,d4e2838
     no div,class,frontmatter
     no thead,id,d13e66
     no table,title,Table:_Variation_of_the_...
     no cite,id,d4e2816
     no cite,id,d4e2829
     no math,alttext,_2__cap_h_-__cap_nb_cap_se_sub_2
     no td,id,d13e88
     no td,id,d13e71
     no td,id,d13e75
     no param,name,SRC
     no td,id,d13e68
     no td,id,d13e69
     no object,classid,CLSID:8483EB52-5EF2-44F5-A685-C9FD08F9B18C
     no html,lang,en
     no object,data,e057003_3.svg
     no tr,id,d13e193
     no tr,id,d13e167
     no tr,id,d13e180
     no table,id,d13e1
     no math,altimg,math_img/math_1.png
     no meta,content,ANSI/NISO_Z39.86-2005
     no meta,scheme,http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML
     no math,altimg,math_img/math_4.png
     no h1,class,title
     no math,altimg,math_img/math_10.png
     no math,altimg,math_img/math_3.png
     no cite,id,d4e2794
     no meta,scheme,DOI
     no mo,minsize,5ex
     no object,data,e057003_1.svg
     no meta,name,dc:Format
     no a,class,nava
     no a,onclick
     no a,onclick,ChSize('10')
     no a,onclick,ChSize('12')
     no a,onclick,ChSize('13')
     no a,onclick,ChSize('14')
     no a,shape
     no a,shape,rect
     no a,target
     no a,target,_blank
     quotation blockquote
     no br,class
     no br,class,newline
     no center
     no h3,class
     no h3,class,sectionHead
     heading4 h4
     no h4,class
     no h4,class,subsectionHead
     no img,alt,Variable_Star.jpg
     no img,src,Variable%20Star.jpg
     no link,href,http://purl.org/DC/elements/1.0/
     no link,href,root.css
     no link,rel,schema.DC
     no meta,http-equiv
     no meta,http-equiv,Content-Language
     no meta,http-equiv,Content-Type
     no mo,class
     no mo,class,MathClass-close
     no mo,class,MathClass-punc
     no mo,class,MathClass-rel
     no mspace,class
     no mspace,class,quad
     no mspace,width,1em
     no mstyle,class
     no mstyle,class,label
     no mstyle,id
     no mstyle,id,x1-2001r1
     no mstyle,id,x1-2002r2
     no script
     no script,type
     no script,type,text/javascript
     no span,class,titlemark
     no table,class
     no table,class,equation
     no td,class,eq-no
     titlepage titlepage
     dedication dedication
     attribution attribution
     no list
     italicx emp
     no attrib
     no meta,name,generator
     no mo,class,MathClass-op
     no mo,class,MathClass-open
     no mo,class,MathClass-bin
     boxline boxline 7
     no base
     no var
     para dd
     no dl
     para dt
     heading4 h5
     compbrl code
     no base,href
     no hr,title
     no tr,valign
     no pre,style
     no img,width,72
     no pre,style,color:_red
     no tr,valign,baseline
     no base,href,http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xslt-19991116
     no img,height,48
     no table,class,scrap
     no hr,title,Separator_for_header
     no img,alt,W3C
     no hr,title,Separator_from_footer
     no samp
     no th
     no dd,id

     no h2,id
     no table,summary
     no li,id
     no ol,id
     no dl,id
     no ul,class
     no ul,id
     no dt,id
     no samp,id
     no h1,id
     no h3,id
     no ul,class,pl
     no dl,id,dl_1
     no ul,id,ul_1
     no dl,id,dl_2
     no ul,id,ul_2
     no ul,id,ul_3
     no ul,id,ul_4
     no dl,id,dl_5
     no dl,id,dl_6
     no h3,id,h3_18
     no h2,id,h2_5a
     no h1,id,h1_2a
     no h3,id,Vote
     no dl,id,dl_5a
     no samp,id,smp_1
     no samp,id,smp_2
     no li,id,li_0
     no samp,id,smp_3
     no li,id,li_1
     no samp,id,smp_4
     no li,id,li_2
     no samp,id,smp_5
     no li,id,li_3
     no li,id,li_4
     no dd,id,dd_1
     no dt,id,dt_1
     no dd,id,dd_2
     no dt,id,dt_2
     no dd,id,dd_3
     no dt,id,dt_3
     no dd,id,dd_4
     no dt,id,dt_4
     no dd,id,dd_5
     no dt,id,dt_5
     no h3,id,h3_8
     no h3,id,BoD
     no h3,id,h2_5
     no ol,id,ol_3gwk
     no h1,id,h1_2
     no h1,id,h1_3
     no h1,id,h1_4
     no h2,id,h2_6
     no h2,id,h2_7
     no h2,id,h2_8
     no h2,id,h2_9
     no ol,id,ol_2
     no h1,id,h1_a
     no ol,id,ol_3
     no ol,id,ol_4
     no table,summary,This_table_lists_each_kind_of_DTB_file__the_requir
     no ul,id,ol_1
     no base
     no var
     para dd
     para dl
     no dt
     no h5
     code code
     no base,href
     no hr,title
     no tr,valign
     no pre,style
     no img,width,72
     no pre,style,color:_red
     no tr,valign,baseline
     no base,href,http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xslt-19991116
     no img,height,48
     no table,class,scrap
     no hr,title,Separator_for_header
     no img,alt,W3C
     no hr,title,Separator_from_footer
     no samp
     no th
     no dd,id
     no h2,id
     no table,summary
     no li,id
     no ol,id
     no dl,id
     no ul,class
     no ul,id
     no dt,id
     no samp,id
     no h1,id
     no h3,id
     no ul,class,pl
     no dl,id,dl_1
     no ul,id,ul_1
     no dl,id,dl_2
     no ul,id,ul_2
     no ul,id,ul_3
     no ul,id,ul_4
     no dl,id,dl_5
     no dl,id,dl_6
     no h3,id,h3_18
     no h2,id,h2_5a
     no h1,id,h1_2a
     no h3,id,Vote
     no dl,id,dl_5a
     no samp,id,smp_1
     no samp,id,smp_2
     no li,id,li_0
     no samp,id,smp_3
     no li,id,li_1
     no samp,id,smp_4
     no li,id,li_2
     no samp,id,smp_5
     no li,id,li_3
     no li,id,li_4
     no dd,id,dd_1
     no dt,id,dt_1
     no dd,id,dd_2
     no dt,id,dt_2
     no dd,id,dd_3
     no dt,id,dt_3
     no dd,id,dd_4
     no dt,id,dt_4
     no dd,id,dd_5
     no dt,id,dt_5
     no h3,id,h3_8
     no h3,id,BoD
     no h3,id,h2_5
     no ol,id,ol_3gwk
     no h1,id,h1_2
     no h1,id,h1_3
     no h1,id,h1_4
     no h2,id,h2_6
     no h2,id,h2_7
     no h2,id,h2_8
     no h2,id,h2_9
     no base,href,http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/Z3986-2005.html
     no ol,id,ol_2
     no h1,id,h1_a
     no ol,id,ol_3
     no ol,id,ol_4
     no table,summary,This_table_lists_each_kind_of_DTB_file__the_requir
     no ul,id,ol_1
     no form
     no input
     no select
     no label
     no noscript
     no option
     no textarea
     no td,valign
     no input,border
     no textarea,class
     no select,class
     no img,name
     no input,type
     no script,language
     no select,size
     no label,for
     no textarea,name
     no link,media
     no input,name
     no textarea,wrap
     no td,height
     no script,src
     no input,width
     no input,id
     no form,id
     no img,border
     no b,class
     no option,selected
     no li,class
     no form,method
     no img,align
     no table,align
     no input,maxlength
     no img,class
     no input,value
     no select,id
     no form,name
     no textarea,rows
     no tr,align
     no input,class
     no input,src
     no textarea,id
     no select,name
     no pre,class
     no span,id
     no input,alt
     no img,vspace
     no textarea,cols
     no input,height
     no form,action
     no tr,class
     no option,value
     no img,vspace,3
     no img,border,0
     no input,height,21
     no input,width,120
     no select,size,1
     no input,src,//www.ibm.com/i/v14/buttons/submit.gif
     no td,height,18
     no input,maxlength,100
     no option,value,dW
     no pre,class,displaycode
     no textarea,cols,35
     no form,method,get
     no tr,align,right
     no table,align,right
     no input,id,q
     no img,class,display-img
     no textarea,rows,5
     no form,name,form1
     no b,class,related
     no input,name,searchType
     no input,border,0
     no td,valign,middle
     no textarea,class,iform
     no select,id,sn
     no textarea,id,Comments
     no link,media,screen_print
     no select,name,searchScope
     no textarea,name,Comments
     no form,action,//www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.
     no img,align,left
     no input,class,ibm-btn-search
     no script,src,/developerworks/js/dwcss14.js
     no span,id,ibm-search-scope
     no label,for,sn
     no script,language,JavaScript
     no input,alt,Submit
     no img,name,Benoit_Marchal
     no tr,class,left-nav-child-highlight
     no input,type,hidden
     no textarea,wrap,virtual
     no li,class,ibm-first
     no option,selected,selected
     no select,class,input-local
     no input,value,1
     no form,id,ibm-search-form
     no body,link
     no h3,align
     no body,vlink
     no body,alink
     no body,bgcolor
     no body,text
     no h2,align
     no font,face
     no body,text,black
     no body,bgcolor,white
     no body,alink,navy
     no body,link,red
     no h2,align,center
     no h3,align,center
     no body,vlink,red
     no font,face,Arial_Helvetica_sans-serif
     no link,rel,SHORTCUT_ICON
     no acronym
     code cdata-section
     no dfn
     no kbd
     no ul,compact
     no a,accesskey
     no ol,start
     no small,class
     no link,title
     no a,rel
     no h2,class
     no div,align
     no ol,start,1
     no small,class,dots
     no h2,class,unnumbered
     no a,rel,next
     no div,align,right
     no link,title,Top
     no ul,compact,
     no a,accesskey,n
     no h3,class,likesectionHead
     no h4,class,likesubsectionHead
     no a,class,url
     no colgroup
     no colgroup,id
     no table,rules
     no tr,style
     no td,style
     no li,class
     no ol,class
     no tr,class
     no li,class,enumerate
     no ol,class,enumerate1
     no tr,style,vertical-align:baseline;
     no td,style,text-align:center;_white-space:nowrap;
     no colgroup,id,TBL-1-4g
     no colgroup,id,TBL-1-5g
     no table,rules,groups
     no colgroup,id,TBL-1-2g
     no colgroup,id,TBL-1-3g
     no td,style,text-align:left;_white-space:nowrap;
     no colgroup,id,TBL-1-1g
     no tr,class,hline
     no table,class,tabular
     no td,class,td11
     no h2,class
     no h2,class,likechapterHead
     no colgroup,id
     no tr,style
     no td,style
     no tr,class
     no h3,class,likesectionHead
     no colgroup,id,TBL-4621-1g
     no tr,style,vertical-align:baseline;
     no td,style,text-align:center;_white-space:nowrap;
     no table,rules,groups
     no colgroup,id,TBL-4621-2g
     no td,style,text-align:left;_white-space:nowrap;
     no h4,class,likesubsectionHead
     no tr,class,hline
     no table,class,tabular
     no td,class,td11

A.4 `nemeth.sem'
================

     # Licnsed under LGPL

     # Updated 6-18-08 by Mike Sivill <mike.sivill@viewplus.com>

     # You must edit this file as explained in the documentation to get
     # proper output.

     maction maction
     maligngroup maligngroup
     malignmark malignmark
     math math \eb,\*\ee
     menclose menclose
     mfrac mfrac ^?,/,^#
     mfenced mfenced ^(,^)
     mfenced mfenced,open,{ ^{,^}
     mglyph mglyph
     mi mi
     mlabeledtr mlabeledtr
     mmultiscripts mmultiscripts
     mn mn
     mo mo
     mover mover ^",^<,^}
     mpadded mpadded
     reverse mroot ^<,^>,^}
     mrow mrow
     ms ms
     mspace mspace
     msqrt msqrt ^>,^}
     mstyle mstyle
     msub msub ,^;,^"
     msubsup msupsup ,^~,^~^~,^"
     msubsup msubsup ,^;,^~,^"
     msup msup ,^~,^"
     matrix mtable
     mtd mtd \*\ec
     mtext mtext
     mtr mtr ^`^\,^(,\*^`^\,^)\er
     munder munder ^",^%,^}
     munderover munderover ^",^%,^<,^}
     semantics semantics
     skip annotation
     no annotation,encoding
     no maction,actiontype
     no maction,actiontype,highli
     no maction,actiontype,status
     no maction,actiontype,toggle
     no maction,dsi:background
     no malignmark,edge
     no malignmark,edge,right
     no math,display
     no math,display,block
     no math,mode
     no math,mode,inline
     no math,xmlns
     no mfenced,open
     no mfenced,separators
     no mn,color
     no mn,color,green
     no mo,stretchy
     no mo,stretchy,false
     no mo,stretchy,true
     no mover,accent
     no mover,accent,true
     no ms,lquote
     no ms,rquote
     no ms,rquote,'
     no mspace,height
     no mspace,width
     no mstyle,background
     no mstyle,background,lightb
     no mstyle,background,red
     no mstyle,color
     no mstyle,color,blue
     no mstyle,displaystyle
     no mstyle,displaystyle,true
     no mstyle,fontsize
     no mstyle,fontstyle
     no mstyle,fontstyle,italic
     no mstyle,fontstyle,normal
     no mstyle,fontweight
     no mstyle,fontweight,bold
     no mstyle,mathsize
     no mstyle,mathsize,normal
     no mstyle,mathvariant
     no mstyle,mathvariant,bold
     no mstyle,scriptlevel
     no mtable,columnalign
     no mtable,columnalign,left
     no mtable,equalcolumns
     no mtable,equalcolumns,false
     no mtable,equalrows
     no mtable,equalrows,false
     no mtable,frame
     no mtable,frame,solid
     no mtable,width
     no munderover,accent
     no munderover,accent,true
     skip annotation,encoding,MathType-MTEF
     skip merror
     skip mphantom
     no mo,maxsize
     no mo,maxsize,3
     no mo,mathsize
     no mi,mathvariant
     no mo,mathvariant
     no munder,accentunder
     no mn,mathvariant
     no mtext,mathvariant
     no mi,mathvariant,italic
     no mn,mathvariant,normal
     no mo,mathvariant,normal
     no munder,accentunder,true
     no mtext,mathvariant,normal
     no math,display,inline
     no mi,mathvariant,normal
     no mi,mathvariant,fraktur
     no mi,mathvariant,bold-sans

     no mi,mathvariant,double-struck
     no mi,mathvariant,double-struck
     no mi,mathvariant,double-struck
     no menclose,notation
     no mtd,columnalign
     no menclose,notation,longdiv
     no mtd,columnalign,right
     no mfrac
     no mfrac
     no mfrac
     no mfrac
     no mfrac
     no mfrac
     no mstyle,scriptlevel,-1

A.5 Files for BAUK Maths (ukmaths)
==================================

A.5.1 `ukmaths.cfg'
-------------------

     cellsperline 32
     braillePages no
     mathexprtable us-table.dis,ukmaths.ctb
     editTable ukmaths_edit.ctb
     internetAccess no
     semanticFiles *,ukmaths.sem

A.5.2 `ukmaths.sem'
-------------------

     # Licensed under LGPL

     maction maction
     maligngroup maligngroup
     malignmark malignmark
     math math \eb,\*\ee
     menclose menclose
     mfrac mfrac \x0003,@456-34,\x0004
     mfenced mfenced @126,@345
     mfenced mfenced,open,{ @246,@135
     mover mover ,@4-346,@12456
     munder munder ,@4-16,@12456
     mglyph mglyph
     mi mi
     mlabeledtr mlabeledtr
     mmultiscripts mmultiscripts
     mn mn
     mo mo
     mpadded mpadded
     reverse mroot @146
     mrow mrow \x0001,\*\x0002
     ms ms
     mspace mspace \x00a0
     msqrt msqrt @146
     mstyle mstyle
     msub msub ,@16,@12456
     msubsup msubsup ,@346,@12456
     msup msup ,@346,@12456
     matrix mtable
     mtd mtd \*\ec
     mtext mtext
     mtr mtr @123456,\*@123456\er
     munderover munderover ^",^%,^<,^}
     semantics semantics
     skip annotation
     no annotation,encoding
     no maction,actiontype
     no maction,actiontype,highli
     no maction,actiontype,status
     no maction,actiontype,toggle
     no maction,dsi:background
     no malignmark,edge
     no malignmark,edge,right
     no math,display
     no math,display,block
     no math,mode
     no math,mode,inline
     no math,xmlns
     no mfenced,open
     no mfenced,separators
     no mn,color
     no mn,color,green
     no mo,stretchy
     no mo,stretchy,false
     no mo,stretchy,true
     no mover,accent
     no mover,accent,true
     no ms,lquote
     no ms,rquote
     no ms,rquote,'
     no mspace,height
     no mspace,width
     no mstyle,background
     no mstyle,background,lightb
     no mstyle,background,red
     no mstyle,color
     no mstyle,color,blue
     no mstyle,displaystyle
     no mstyle,displaystyle,true
     no mstyle,fontsize
     no mstyle,fontstyle
     no mstyle,fontstyle,italic
     no mstyle,fontstyle,normal
     no mstyle,fontweight
     no mstyle,fontweight,bold
     no mstyle,mathsize
     no mstyle,mathsize,normal
     no mstyle,mathvariant
     no mstyle,mathvariant,bold
     no mstyle,scriptlevel
     no mtable,columnalign
     no mtable,columnalign,left
     no mtable,equalcolumns
     no mtable,equalcolumns,false
     no mtable,equalrows
     no mtable,equalrows,false
     no mtable,frame
     no mtable,frame,solid
     no mtable,width
     no munderover,accent
     no munderover,accent,true
     skip annotation,encoding,MathType-MTEF
     skip merror
     skip mphantom
     no mo,maxsize
     no mo,maxsize,3
     no mo,mathsize
     no mi,mathvariant
     no mo,mathvariant
     no munder,accentunder
     no mn,mathvariant
     no mtext,mathvariant
     no mi,mathvariant,italic
     no mn,mathvariant,normal
     no mo,mathvariant,normal
     no munder,accentunder,true
     no mtext,mathvariant,normal
     no math,display,inline
     no mi,mathvariant,normal
     no mi,mathvariant,fraktur
     no mi,mathvariant,bold-sans
     no mi,mathvariant,double-struck
     no menclose,notation
     no mtd,columnalign
     no menclose,notation,longdiv
     no mtd,columnalign,right
     no mstyle,scriptlevel,-1

A.5.3 `ukmaths.ctb'
-------------------

     # liblouis: UK Maths Table for mathematics
     #
     # Based on the Linux screenreader BRLTTY, copyright (C) 1999-2006 by
     # The BRLTTY Team
     #
     # Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006
     # ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. www.viewplus.com
     # and
     # JJB Software, Inc. www.jjb-software.com
     # All rights reserved
     #
     # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
     # under the terms of the Lesser or Library GNU General Public License
     # as published by the
     # Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
     # later version.
     #
     # This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
     # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
     # Library GNU General Public License for more details.
     #
     # You should have received a copy of the Library GNU General Public
     # License along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write
     # to
     # the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
     # Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
     #
     # Maintained by John J. Boyer john.boyer@jjb-software.com
     # Updated 6-18-08 by Mike Sivill <mike.sivill@viewplus.com>

     include ukmaths_single_cell_defs.cti
     include ukmaths_unicode_defs.cti
     # grouping definitions are character-definition rules
     grouping mrow \x0001\x0002 1e,2e
     grouping mfrac \x0003\x0004 3e,4e
     grouping brackets \x0005\x0006 126,345

     # Braille indicators
     numsign 3456
     capsign 6
     begcaps 6-6
     endcaps 6-3
     singleletterital 4
     singleletterbold 4

     # litdigit opcodes must be in this table, not the single-cell table.
     litdigit 0 245
     litdigit 1 1
     litdigit 2 12
     litdigit 3 14
     litdigit 4 145
     litdigit 5 15
     litdigit 6 124
     litdigit 7 1245
     litdigit 8 125
     litdigit 9 24

     # No letsign but endnum for letters a-j.
     endnum a 56-1
     endnum b 56-12
     endnum c 56-14
     endnum d 56-145
     endnum e 56-15
     endnum f 56-124
     endnum g 56-1245
     endnum h 56-125
     endnum i 56-24
     endnum j 56-245

     # Ordinary translation entries
     always = a-56-2356
     always + a-56-235
     always > a-135-a
     always < a-246-a
     always % 25-1234
     always $ 256
     always & 4-12346
     always ~ 45-156
     always ! 6-236
     prepunc " 236
     postpunc " 356
     postpunc ' 3
     always '' 36
     always ''' 36-3
     midnum , 3
     postpunc , 6-2
     always , 3
     always # 35-2345 print number sign before number
     always ( 126
     always ) 345
     pass2 [{mrow]@126/@345}mrow ?
     pass2 @126[{mrow]/}mrow@345 ?
     decpoint . 2
     always ... 3-3-3
     hyphen - 36
     postpunc . 6-256
     postpunc ; 6-23
     postpunc : 6-25
     postpunc ? 6-236
     endnum % 4-356
     midnum * 4-16
     repeated \s 0
     repeated \x00a0 a

     # swap opcodes for replacement and testing.
     swapcd dropped 0123456789 356,2,23,25,456,26,235,2356,236,35
     swapdd upnum 245,1,12,14,145,15,124,1245,125,24 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
     swapdd lownum 356,2,23,25,256,26,235,2356,236,35 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

     # now we start doing the real work

     # Correction rules
     correct {mrow$ld1-20[}mrow] ?
     correct "\eb"[{mrow]/}mrow"\ee" ?
     context "\eb"[]$l"\ee" @56
     context "\eb"[]","$l"\ee" @56
     context []"@456-34"$d1-10}mfrac #1=1
     # context []"@456-34"$d1-10}mfrac #1=1
     context []"@346"$d1-10"@12456" #1=1
     context []"@16"$d1-10"@12456" #1=1
     # context []"@146"$d1-10 #1=1
     context #1=1$d1-10 #1=0%dropped

     # exactdots opcodes for dot patterns in ukmaths.sem
     exactdots @126
     exactdots @345
     exactdots @123456
     exactdots @346
     exactdots @16
     exactdots @23456
     exactdots @34
     exactdots @456-34
     exactdots @12456
     exactdots @146

     # Function names and abbreviations
     word cos 1246-14
     word grad 1246-1245
     word cosh 1246-125-14
     word sinh 1246-125-234
     word tanh 1246-125-2345
     word cosech 1246-125-126
     word coth 1246-125-1256
     word sech 1246-125-36
     word log 1246-123
     word sin 1246-234
     word tan 1246-2345
     word cosec 1246-126
     word curl 1246-146
     word div 1246-1456
     word cot 1246-1256
     word arccosh 1246-236-14
     word arcsinh 1246-236-234
     word arctanh 1246-236-2345
     word arccosech 1246-236-126
     word arccoth 1246-236-1256
     word arcsech 1246-236-36
     word sec 1246-36
     word arccos 1246-4-14
     word antilog 1246-4-123
     word arcsin 1246-4-234
     word arctan 1246-4-2345
     word arccosec 1246-4-126
     word arccot 1246-4-1256
     word arcsec 1246-4-25
     word colog 1246-45-123

     # pass2 processing
     pass2 [@3456]%lownum1-10 ?
     pass2 [@456-34-3456]%lownum1-10 ?

     # pass3 processing
     pass3 @346%lownum1-10[@12456] ?
     pass3 @16[%lownum1-10]@12456 *
     pass3 {mfrac[@3456%upnum1-10%lownum1-10]}mfrac *

A.5.4 `ukmaths_edit.ctb'
------------------------

     # liblouis Table for Post-Translation Editing
     #
     # Based on the Linux screenreader BRLTTY, copyright (C) 1999-2006 by
     # The BRLTTY Team
     #
     # Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006
     # ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. www.viewplus.com
     # and
     # JJB Software, Inc. www.jjb-software.com
     # All rights reserved
     #
     # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
     # under the terms of the Lesser or Library GNU General Public License
     # as published by the
     # Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
     # later version.
     #
     # This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
     # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
     # Library GNU General Public License for more details.
     #
     # You should have received a copy of the Library GNU General Public
     # License along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write
     # to
     # the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
     # Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
     #
     # Maintained by John J. Boyer john.boyer@jjb-software.com
     # Updated 6-18-08 by Mike Sivill <mike.sivill@viewplus.com>
     include ukmaths_single_cell_defs.cti


     math \x0001 56
     math \x0002 45
     math \x0003 56
     math \x0004 45
     repeated \s 0
     always \ee\s`4 6-256
     always \ee\s`1 6
     always \ee\s`3 6-25
     always \ee\s`2 6-23
     always `7\s\eb 12356
     always \ee\s`7 23456
     always "\s 0
     always \s,\s 6-0
     # context "\eb"[]$l"\ee" @56
     # context "\eb"[]","$l"\ee" @56

     pass2 @1b-12 ?
     pass2 @1b-15 ?
     pass2 @1b-12-4-4 @4

Configuration Settings Index
****************************

backFormat:                                    See 3.1.      (line  584)
backLineLength:                                See 3.1.      (line  591)
beginningPageNumber:                           See 3.1.      (line  482)
braillePageNumberAt:                           See 3.1.      (line  494)
braillePageNumberFormat:                       See 3.4.1.    (line  804)
braillePages:                                  See 3.1.      (line  468)
cellsPerLine:                                  See 3.1.      (line  436)
center:                                        See 3.4.7.    (line  871)
compbrailleTable:                              See 3.2.      (line  626)
continuePages:                                 See 3.1.      (line  502)
editTable:                                     See 3.2.      (line  641)
entity:                                        See 3.3.      (line  672)
fileEnd:                                       See 3.1.      (line  460)
firstLineIndent:                               See 3.4.1.    (line  760)
format:                                        See 3.4.1.    (line  776)
formatFor:                                     See 3.1.      (line  573)
hyphenate:                                     See 3.1.      (line  553)
ignoreEmptyPages:                              See 3.1.      (line  518)
inputTextEncoding:                             See 3.1.      (line  569)
interline:                                     See 3.1.      (line  596)
interlineBackTable:                            See 3.2.      (line  646)
internetAccess:                                See 3.3.      (line  681)
interpoint:                                    See 3.1.      (line  442)
leftMargin:                                    See 3.4.1.    (line  755)
lineEnd:                                       See 3.1.      (line  448)
lineFill:                                      See 3.1.      (line  605)
linesAfter:                                    See 3.4.1.    (line  751)
linesBefore:                                   See 3.4.1.    (line  746)
linesPerPage:                                  See 3.1.      (line  439)
literaryTextTable:                             See 3.2.      (line  617)
MathexpTable:                                  See 3.2.      (line  638)
mathtextTable:                                 See 3.2.      (line  631)
mergeUnnumberedPages:                          See 3.1.      (line  536)
newEntries:                                    See 3.3.      (line  688)
newPageAfter:                                  See 3.4.1.    (line  793)
newPageBefore:                                 See 3.4.1.    (line  788)
outputEncoding:                                See 3.1.      (line  561)
pageEnd:                                       See 3.1.      (line  456)
pageNumberBottomSeparateLine:                  See 3.1.      (line  549)
pageNumberTopSeparateLine:                     See 3.1.      (line  542)
pageSeparator:                                 See 3.1.      (line  506)
pageSeparatorNumber:                           See 3.1.      (line  513)
paragraphs:                                    See 3.1.      (line  476)
printPageNumberAt:                             See 3.1.      (line  487)
printPageNumberRange:                          See 3.1.      (line  528)
printPages:                                    See 3.1.      (line  464)
rightHandPage:                                 See 3.4.1.    (line  798)
semanticFiles:                                 See 3.3.      (line  660)
skipNumberLines:                               See 3.4.1.    (line  771)
translate:                                     See 3.4.1.    (line  765)
uncontractedTable:                             See 3.2.      (line  621)
xmlheader:                                     See 3.3.      (line  668)
Semantic Action Index
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blankline:                                     See 4.2.      (line 1264)
boldx:                                         See 4.2.      (line 1271)
boxline:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1278)
changetable:                                   See 4.2.      (line 1290)
chemistry:                                     See 4.2.      (line 1285)
compbrl:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1305)
configfile:                                    See 4.2.      (line 1311)
configstring:                                  See 4.2.      (line 1328)
configtweak:                                   See 4.2.      (line 1336)
contenss1:                                     See 4.2.      (line 1231)
contenss2:                                     See 4.2.      (line 1237)
contenss3:                                     See 4.2.      (line 1238)
contenss4:                                     See 4.2.      (line 1240)
contentsheader:                                See 4.2.      (line 1242)
contracted:                                    See 4.2.      (line 1348)
document:                                      See 4.2.      (line 1247)
footer:                                        See 4.2.      (line 1349)
generic:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1356)
graphic:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1366)
heading1:                                      See 4.2.      (line 1248)
heading2:                                      See 4.2.      (line 1250)
heading3:                                      See 4.2.      (line 1252)
heading4:                                      See 4.2.      (line 1254)
htmllink:                                      See 4.2.      (line 1370)
htmltarget:                                    See 4.2.      (line 1375)
italicx:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1380)
linespacing:                                   See 4.2.      (line 1387)
maction:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1395)
maligngroup:                                   See 4.2.      (line 1403)
malignmark:                                    See 4.2.      (line 1404)
math:                                          See 4.2.      (line 1406)
menclose:                                      See 4.2.      (line 1418)
merror:                                        See 4.2.      (line 1419)
mfenced:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1421)
mfrac:                                         See 4.2.      (line 1423)
mglyph:                                        See 4.2.      (line 1425)
mi:                                            See 4.2.      (line 1427)
mlabeledtr:                                    See 4.2.      (line 1429)
mmultiscripts:                                 See 4.2.      (line 1431)
mn:                                            See 4.2.      (line 1433)
mo:                                            See 4.2.      (line 1435)
mover:                                         See 4.2.      (line 1437)
mpadded:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1439)
mphantom:                                      See 4.2.      (line 1441)
mprescripts:                                   See 4.2.      (line 1443)
mroot:                                         See 4.2.      (line 1445)
mrow:                                          See 4.2.      (line 1450)
ms:                                            See 4.2.      (line 1455)
mspace:                                        See 4.2.      (line 1456)
msqrt:                                         See 4.2.      (line 1461)
mstyle:                                        See 4.2.      (line 1462)
msub:                                          See 4.2.      (line 1466)
msubsup:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1467)
msup:                                          See 4.2.      (line 1469)
mtable:                                        See 4.2.      (line 1471)
mtd:                                           See 4.2.      (line 1479)
mtext:                                         See 4.2.      (line 1486)
mtr:                                           See 4.2.      (line 1487)
munder:                                        See 4.2.      (line 1497)
munderover:                                    See 4.2.      (line 1498)
music:                                         See 4.2.      (line 1500)
newpage:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1505)
no:                                            See 4.2.      (line 1511)
none:                                          See 4.2.      (line 1518)
notranslate:                                   See 4.2.      (line 1521)
pagenum:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1528)
para:                                          See 4.2.      (line 1256)
reverse:                                       See 4.2.      (line 1539)
righthandpage:                                 See 4.2.      (line 1545)
runninghead:                                   See 4.2.      (line 1552)
semantics:                                     See 4.2.      (line 1559)
skip:                                          See 4.2.      (line 1563)
softreturn:                                    See 4.2.      (line 1567)
uncontracted:                                  See 4.2.      (line 1572)
Function Index
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lbx_backTranslateFile:                         See 8.9.      (line 2300)
lbx_free:                                      See 8.10.     (line 2321)
lbx_initialize:                                See 8.5.      (line 2195)
lbx_translateFile:                             See 8.7.      (line 2257)
lbx_translateString:                           See 8.6.      (line 2218)
lbx_translateTextFile:                         See 8.8.      (line 2280)
lbx_version:                                   See 8.4.      (line 2186)
Program Index
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msword2brl:                                    See 2.5.      (line  319)
pdf2brl:                                       See 2.7.      (line  346)
rtf2brl:                                       See 2.6.      (line  331)
xml2brl:                                       See 2.1.      (line  150)
